Crossbody Flap purse Handmade Leather Wayuu and Mola Boho buy GingerBread Brown

buy SPECS AND SIZING :
Color: GingerBread Brown
Material: Napa Leather, and Mola textiles
Width: 11 in
Deep: 2 in
Height: 9in
Shoulder Strap: Adjustable from 52in to 132 in

This product is hand-cut, hand-bunched, and hand-sewn.
*Leather is a natural material, so it could bare marks of the animal's life such as scratches, bites, and scars.
*Color can slightly vary due to light and saturation of your phone or screen

This purse was designed and handmade by artisans in Colombia, South America. We use a mix of techniques to complete our designs and our main goal is to highlight and celebrate the beauty of mother nature.
We believe in supporting and showcasing our folklore, Latin-America has a long and rich history of different folk styles, with this design we have chosen to bring together 2 of our most significant styles of our region, Molas and Wuayu design not only because we are captivated by its beauty but also to support, empower the women of the Kuna and Wuayu communities , who learned their art style from generation to generation.

We use 2 main materials for this purse, Molas textiles, and high-quality napa leather. Each Mola sheet is handmade and the combination of colors and designs makes each Mola one of the kind.

The Mola, or Molas, is a hand-made textile that forms part of the traditional women's clothing of the Kuna people from Panama and Colombia in the Caribbean Coast. Molas are made using a reverse appliqué technique. Several layers (usually two to seven) of different-colored cloth (usually cotton) are sewn together; the design is then formed by cutting away parts of each layer. The designs and patterns are unique for every artisan women as they incorporate both traditional and modern elements from their culture and nature.
The Wayuu (pronounced "Wah-You") people are an indigenous group inhabiting the visually striking desert of La Guajira Peninsula which borders the northeastern of Colombia and Venezuela. The Wayuu live in small settlements called "rancherias" which consist of five or six houses. Within these rancherias, the Wayuu people are able to preserve a way of life that has been passed down through the generations and remains unscathed by modern culture. To create each unique design Wayuu women use a specific technique of placing a single cotton thread in a manual loom. Wayuu women learn the art of crocheting at an early age and legends say that Wayuu women were originally taught to weave and create these complex patterns in their designs to mirror the webs created by a spider-like deity Wale ´Kerü.