Leonor Palacios Rentería
Photo courtesy of Embassy of Colombia in Washington, D.C.
Leonor Palacios Rentería sews using the bark of the damagua tree.
Photo by Michelle Arbeit, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Cristina Díaz-Carrera, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Michelle Arbeit, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Michelle Arbeit, Smithsonian Institution
Leonor Palacios works with damagua, a light wood tree that produces a bark used for making cloth-like matrial. She makes hammocks, mats, ceremonial clothes, and other lightweight objects.
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