Chambira Shoulder Bag from Peru with white, black, and brown stripes
This boho shoulder bags made was handmade by a Kukama native artisan from the Maranon region of the Peruvian Amazon with sturdy chambira palm fiber. It has a background of natural off-white chambira with black and brown stripes made with natural plant dyes.
Take your laptop to a coffee shop, shop in a outdoor market or tote your towel, good book and suntan lotion to the beach in these lightweight, easy to wear, multipurpose bag. It measures about 12 x 16 inches with a comfortable 35 inch long shoulder strap.
A tag lists the artisan's name and community and the plants they used to make it. Please note that each handmade bag may vary from the photo shown.
Model: BG329
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Amazon forest loss is driving species to extinction, aggravating global warming, and robbing people of unique medicines, foods and other benefits. Cutting and burning forests is often more profitable than conserving them, so some native communities in northern Peru have illegally logged and grown coca and other cash-crops to escape poverty.
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