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.
