Women in the province of Chapare in Bolivia utilize a natural, renewable resource - banana bark - to create these beautiful boxes. Your support for this project provides an alternative income to coca cultivation.

Designs on the boxes will vary according to the desires of the artisan. If you have a preference, you may tell us in the message section at checkout time, or you may contact us via phone, fax or email. Dimensions will vary somewhat.

Nesting Set of 3 Circular Banana Bark Boxes     $18.00

SALE! $15.50

Large 6" diameter x 2.5" high Medium 5" diameter x 2" high Small 3.5" diameter x 1.25" high

Banana plants are not trees, but are probably the world's fastest growing herb, related to the lily and orchid families. Banana plants grow to about 30 to 40 feet in just 9 months. After they produce the bananas, the plant dies all the way back to the root again, and a new sprout is sent out to continue the process. They continue to produce new tree-like trunks generation after generation for decades.

Nesting Set of 3 Heart Banana Bark Boxes     $18.00

SALE! $15.50

Large 6.5" diameter x 2.25" high Medium 5" diameter x 2" high Small 3.5" diameter x 1.25" high You can also purchase a Small Heart Box separately for $2.50.

This trunk regeneration makes bananas a wonderful natural resource. In the proper management of banana plants, the trunks are cut down after each harvest and buried near the live root as a sort of compost. This is when people take the bark and use it for crafts.

Nesting Set of 3 Square Banana Bark Boxes     $18.00

SALE! $15.50

Large 6" square x 2.25" high Medium 4.5" square x 2" high Small 3" square x 1.25" high

Small Oval Banana Bark Box     $2.50

2.25" x 3" x 1.25" high

A reminder that designs on the banana bark boxes will vary.

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Retail Shipping/Handling Charge
within the Continental US for most products

We anticipate shipping retail orders within 1-3 business days of order placement.

We'll ship our products outside the continental US by doing an individualized shipping calculation for you. Please email or otherwise contact us. Tell us what you'd like to purchase, and where you'd like it shipped.

A few items have an additional handling fee listed in the description. Some items can be purchased only by contacting us first - they do not have an add-to-cart button by them. Shipping/handling fees for those items will be individually calculated. Contact us for more information.

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 Shipping Cost 

$0 - $25.00

$6.50

$25.01 - $75.00

$8.00

$75.01 and up

$10.00