Ana de Jesús Marín de Giraldo
basket weaver, Filandia
At the age of seventeen, Ana de Jesús Marín learned how to weave baskets from her uncle Juan Gregorio, a well-known Filandia master weaver. She knows the entire process from harvesting to drying and processing locally grown vines. She is a member of the Association of Artisans of Filandia (Asociación de Artesanos de Filandia).
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Ana de Jesús Marín de Giraldo stands near the coffee basket that she weaves with local vines.
Photo by Cory Grace, Smithsonian Institution