Maya Daydream Natural Cotton Hammock Single Size Handmade in Mexico _artisan--novica-artisan-11071 Mexican artisan Armando Ramirez recycles

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Maya Daydream Natural Cotton Hammock Single Size Handmade in Mexico _artisan--novica-artisan-11071 Mexican artisan Armando Ramirez recyclesSoft cotton threads are patiently hand woven into a spacious hammock. Utilizing ancestral techniques, skilled artisans create this beautiful work and adorn its edges with long fringe, crocheted and knotted by hand. From Maya Artists of the Yucatan, its twin stretchers are carved from pinewood. Long before the Spanish arrived upon the coasts of the Yucatan Peninsula, the Maya preferred to sleep and rest in hammocks. They considered the hammock to be