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Welcome
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Art Mall brings you a large selection of Arts, Crafts,
and Collectibles from Mexico, South America, and
Central America. Our products are handcrafted and
imported directly from the people that created them. Learn
more about the Countries and People that produce our
products in our Reference
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Featured
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 Tagua
Nut Carvings - Imported
directly from the Native Indian Artists that created
these little masterpieces. Choose from Animals, Fish,
Birds, and Reptiles - all native to the country of
Panama that the carvings come from. |
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 Decorative
Pottery - Ceramic work at its finest is
illustrated in these colorful decorative vases. This
vase depicts geometric and tribal patterns. Our
selection includes Chulucana Pottery figures, Story
Tellers, and a wide variety of other ethnic figures
and vases from Peru and Mexico. |
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 Kuna
Mola Art - Mola Art, also called Kuna Mola, is an
amazing creation by the women of the Kuna or Cuna
tribe from Central America.
Living directly on the San Blas Islands of
Panama, these women create some of the most gorgeous
pieces of art imaginable.
Using a special appliqué process called
“reverse appliqué” the women take numerous layers
of cloth, each of varying color.
These layers are then stitched together loosely
while the top layers are fine-tipped cut with special
scissors. The
cut edges are then folded back at which time they are
stitched to the bottom layer. |
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 Huichol
Yarn Art - Nestled in the Sierra de Nayarit, just
north of Guadalajara, Mexico, you will find
approximately 12,000 Huichol (Wee-Chol) Indians, a
tribe believed to descend from the Aztec Indians.
This area of Mexico is remote and rugged, and
home to one of the last tribes to exist under the
Spanish rule. The
Huichol Indians still follow pagan beliefs, consider
deer a sacred animal, grow corn, which is thought to
be the source of all life, and use a form of
communication called peyote.
Because of this, the core of the Huichol
Indians consist of deer, corn, and peyote. |
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Articles
from our Reference
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 If
you are up for adventure, a long uphill climb, and the
most unbelievable, mesmerizing view in the entire
world, you must see the Machu Picchu ruins.
These ruins are surrounded by mystery.
As you scale the rock steps for hours, finally
reaching the top of the mountain, you will wonder how
this “Lost City of the Incas” was created.
Obviously, getting the massive rocks to build
this city to the top seems an impossible task. Read
more about Machu Picchu ... |
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 Cuzco
is the oldest city in South America. Once the capital
of the Incan Empire, it has always been one of the
most developed cities in the ancient world. Just
outside of Cuzco lie the ruins of Sacsahuaman built as
a fortress to help protect the capital from attack.
The entrance is marked by a massive megalithic gateway
and astounding gray-blue walls. Here the ancient
builders constructed three great terraces, which
extend one above another for a third of a mile across
the hill between two deep gulches. The lowest terrace
of the fortress is faced with colossal boulders, many
of which weigh ten tons and some weigh more than
twenty tons, yet all are fitted together with the
utmost precision. Read
more about Cuzco ... |
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 If
you have been thinking about taking a trip to Central
America, then Costa Rica should be at the top of your
list. Costa
Rica is truly an oasis, a magnificent ecotourism that
is a little slice of heaven, which is why it is one of
the best places in the world to experience the
tropics. Costa
Rica is primarily coastline, making it perfect for
boating, surfing, scuba diving, or merely lying out on
the beach to enjoy warm sunshine.
Read
more about Costa Rica ... |
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Asian
Art Mall |
 Looking
for something with a Asian flare ? Visit our other
website: Asian
Art Mall - We offer the Internet's largest
selection of Asian Arts, Crafts, and Collectibles with
over 8,000 different items in stock in our Maryland
warehouse. Our products are handcrafted and imported
from Japan, China, Korea, Bali, India, Vietnam,
Russia, Ceylon, Nepal, and Thailand. So sit back,
relax, and enjoy your visit. Be sure to check out our Reference
Section to learn more about the products we sell
and the countries and people that make them for us. |
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