Ceramic Mexican Aztec Mask with Skulls - Honoring Death Coasters From Guatemalan artisan Eladio Chiroy

From Guatemalan artisan Eladio Chiroy comes this set of three festive dishtowels

adorned with the region's details and a bright palette of blue and yellow hues

They become elegant and feminine earrings by Bali's Sukartini

Glorious as the forests surrounding the Indian region

the final result is a handloomed cotton shawl in a caramel hue with radiant light

Ceramic Mexican Aztec Mask with Skulls - Honoring Death Coasters From Guatemalan artisan Eladio ChiroyDrawing on a lifelong study of Mexico's pre Hispanic cultures, artisans from the Angel Cern Artisan Association create a mask of their own design. It depicts a personage wearing a feathered headdress surrounded by small human skulls. 'This mask is based on the cult of death,' the artisans say. 'In the month of August, the Aztecs celebrated the festival of the dead when loved ones were honored and remembered. It was called Miccailhuitonitli.' Ceramic