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This batik wall hanging from Ghana reflects a tradition among African hunters where they pour alcohol onto the ground in order to appease the Alade Igbo, or "forest goddess." Artist Oluwayemisi Adeniran depicts the faces of the hunters in the batik style, drawing with a wax resist onto cotton cloth before adding colorful dyes.

Bring order and elegance into your space with this eye-catching coat rack adorned with exquisite jali-style openwork floral motifs and two sturdy iron hooks. Meticulously handcrafted from beech wood, this functional accessory from India’s Ashish Mehta allows you to effortlessly organize your keys, hats, bags, garments, towels and beyond while adding a touch of sophistication to your surroundings.

Embrace the art of organization and style with this minimalist coat rack that allows you to keep keys, hats, garments, bags and anything you can think of neatly arranged within reach. Handcrafted from beech wood, this functional accessory by Indian artisan Ashish Mehta celebrates the natural beauty of the material, showcasing its stunning grains and patterns. Transform your living area into an oasis of order and sophistication with this must-have design.

An Andean woman collects the sunflowers she's carefully looked after in order to sell them at the various village markets. Surrounded by green fields and tall trees, she lives in Peru's Ancash department and inspires this wall hanging by Leonor Quispe. She designs and sews the cotton arpillería appliqué composition, her artistry evident in the miniscule details of her work.

A display rod (not included) can be slipped through an opening at the top.

Kwan Im from Buddhist traditions sits atop a large lotus leaf with a corona of fire circling her head. Known by many as the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, Kwan Im is depicted here displaying the Karana Mudra in her right hand to ward off evil, with a jar of divine water cradled in her left hand. A Bodhisattva is one who has achieved a state of enlightenment akin to Buddha, but who refuses nirvana in order to help the people of their world. Bali's Made Mulyani hand-carves this majestic relief panel from suar wood.

Born in 1949 in the city of Chiang Mai, Thailand, artisan Amporn Srihata started off working her parents' ricefield in order to survive but later became an apprentice under a wood carver, which set her on a path to a better life. Over the past decades, Amporn Srihata has refined her carving processes and begun working with over 20 other woodcarvers in her community to bring traditional Thai designs to international customers. Here, Amporn Srihata presents this highly detailed floral relief panel, hand carved from reclaimed teak wood and painted with hues of an idyllic garden.

An astral symbol, the chakana symbolizes order in family and community life; it is taken from a constellation of stars that forms a square. The name means 'ladder to the sky' and the sacred Andean symbol is a manifestation of the union of mankind with the cosmos. The four points represent the four dimensions necessary for life in a spiritual, social, political and economic community.

The geometric motif glows in the middle of this colorful handloomed tapestry. Working in an alpaca blend, master artisan David Laura Zanabria pays tribute to Andean traditions, selecting both the techniques and colors favored by ancient peoples there.

Titled "Chakana" in Quechua.

During the times when European explorers began arriving on the shores of ancient Latin America, Mayan cultures throughout the continent enjoyed a great prosperity of mercantile life. An ah ppolom, or "great merchant," would travel between cities in order to facilitate the transfer of goods. Accompanied by servants and warriors, an ah ppolom is depicted here in this cotton wall hanging designed by Rhina Rehmann. Featuring ivory-colored motifs against a body of Prussian blue, the patterns in the Salvadoran wall hanging are achieved using the batik method, where a wax resist is applied to the fabric before it is submerged in a vat of dye.

Formed of three blue peyote buds, a lighted candle is radiant in this exquisite nierika, or votive beadwork painting by Kupihaute. A butterfly alights on either side in his composition, which takes the shape of a flower with five wide petals.

The artisan, who writes fluently in the Huichol, Nahuatl, Spanish and English languages, talks about this work in his own words. "The nierika is a mirror that is offered to the sea together with the first corn that has been harvested, in order to renew the cycle of rains that will give life to the next crop cycle. As in most of the ancient cultures of our planet, the candle represents our trajectory between being born and returning. For this reason, even today, during the celebration of our birthday, it is customary to light and blow out as many candles as solar cycles have elapsed. The butterflies and spirals are indicating that existence is energy in permanent transformation between arising from and returning to earth."

The intricate images are formed with tiny seed beads. Kupihuate patiently places them one at a time with a needle made of abalone shell onto a huanacaxtle wood backing. Beeswax is used instead of glue.

The process is totally spontaneous, with no previous sketch or design. It is guided by the artist's unconscious to tell the stories that remain in our collective ancestral memory. He signs his work with the symbol of a butterfly on the reverse side of the nierika.

"This sculpture represents the way to keep forgiving each other, loving each other, and to be at peace with yourself, because we are all brothers," explains Balinese artisan Wayan Rendah, conveying this vision in his superbly hand-carved relief panel.

"I is inspired by the turmoil of the world, which is completely uncertain, which causes unrest and difficulties for all countries, Where each party shows a high sense of ego and feels the most right, without realizing it.

"We are all brothers and sisters in this world. There should be no such thing as enmity. In the Hindu sloka verses, the Wedadikatan Sloka — "Wasumdhwam Kutumbhaka" — means let's sit together and shake hands looking for a way to an agreement to achieve world peace."

The artist continues, "The way to make peace for the common good in society and the world is to mediate, to sit down together to find the best solution for problems, and to solve them for the sake of mutual peace and the world. My hope is that all people can respect each other to avoid hostility and injustice in life and society.

"We must forgive and love one another in order to achieve peace. We are all brothers and sisters in this world where there should be no such thing as hatred.

"Love and peace are powerful concepts that inevitably go hand in hand, because one does not exist without the other."