Hand woven Tierra Bag #0301 one-of-a-kind Hand-woven bag in Chaguar fibreMade

Hand-woven bag in Chaguar fibreMade by: Wichi community

high in altitude and dominated by Andes peaks

Each has been hand-painted with traditional Peruvian designs

This Belt was made with a plant fiber

Woven from chaguar — a wild bromeliad fibre that grows deep in the forests of South America — this bag carries within it the knowledge

Hand woven Tierra Bag #0301 one-of-a-kind Hand-woven bag in Chaguar fibreMadeThis handwoven bag was made with the plant fibre chaguar, a type of bromeliad that grows in South America. It's a resistant and durable fibre. To obtain this material Wichi women first travel into the forest in small groups to harvest the chaguar, they then separate its fibres by hand. After they separate the fibre they spin, dye it with natural extracts from roots, seeds and fruits and knit it. All our chaguar bags and baskets have come from a remote