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Tasseled Worry Doll Motif Table Runner - Ixmucané's Gift Metal From Guatemalan artisan Eladio ChiroyGuatemala's Lopez Garcia Family creates this delightful embellished table runner that is sure to be a conversation starter. The ivory cotton runner is embellished at both ends with quitapenas, or Guatemalan 'worry dolls'. According to legend, the princess Ixmucan was granted the ability to solve people's problems by the Sun God. Over time, people began to make tiny dolls in remembrance of Ixmucan. They would tell the dolls their problems in the hopes