Funded: Help Teko the Marmoset Swing Back to Health Teodoro Melendez and Family It centers a macramé bracelet

It centers a macramé bracelet

Perched atop a fragment of naturally sourced benalu wood

The statuette epitomizes intimacy

Beeswax is used instead of glue

a gesture of deep meditation or concentration

Funded: Help Teko the Marmoset Swing Back to Health Teodoro Melendez and Family It centers a macramé braceletTeko is a marmoset a small monkey species native to South America, often weighing less than a pound. These social animals are normally found in the wild among their families, but Teko has spent most of his life in isolation and confinement. When he was rescued among dozens of animals from a breeder, he was malnourished and had several untreated injuries. Teko is suffering from hind limb weakness and a badly damaged tail that continues to cause him