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WAORANI HANDICRAFTS SECTION

   
PREFACE

Skilled Waorani women artisans create necklaces, bracelets, bags, belts, and more from the plants and trees of Yasuní Amazon forest.

Waorani Bracelet

Designing, weaving, and and selling these handicrafts provides ecologically sustainable living for the Waorani, and helps them resist the further incursions of the oil companies, loggers, and other threats to their ancestral Yasuní homeland, .

Waorani Women Making Handicrafts
Every piece is unique. No two are identical. Some pieces take days to weave. Most have a tag with the name of the Waorani woman artisan who made that piece. Waorani Necklace
   
     
 

Emily Models Waorani Handicrafts

 
  Save America's Forests former intern Emily models beautiful hand-made Waorani artisanry - a woven necklace and one made from nut shells, woven and beaded bracelets, and a shoulder bag. All are made with from natural, renewable vegetable material from the Amazon forests which the Waorani have used for millenia. .

 
  If you would like to obtain one of these handcrafts, and help the efforts of the Waorani to protect their Amazon forest, contact Save America's Forests 202-544-9219  

 

   
INTRODUCTION
Save America's Forests and the Women Artisans of Yasuní
Waorani Women Weaving
   
PICTURES OF SAMPLE WAORANI HANDICRAFTS
Available From Save America's Forests
Waorani Cell Phone Bag
   

WAORANI WOMEN AMWAE ARTISAN WORKSHOP
In The Waorani Amazon Forest Community of Ñoneno
October 2007 -
See pictures of the Waorani women working together to create the handicrafts, and learn more about the workshop

Waorani Women Artisans
   
EXPLANATIONS
Of The Varied Types Of Crafts Which The Waorani Create
Waorani Bag

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YASUNÍ— SCIENTIST LETTERS:

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E.O. Wilson Lecture and Slide Show in the U.S. Senate
Dr. Jane Goodall's Press Conference and Lecture in the U.S. Senate
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