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Hand-Crafted Embroidered Drawstring Pouches-Handbags-Fair Trade-Blues or Browns

$21.95 USD

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These beautiful drawstring bags available in 3 sizes, embellished with traditional "pucca" embroidery, are hand-made by women artisans from Pakistan. Pakistan is known for beautiful traditional textiles with embroidery and embellishments. Each tribe/community has a signature embroidery pattern that identifies one tribe from the other in the region.

These bags are handmade by artisans supported by AHAN (Aik Hunar Aik Nagar), Pakistan. AHAN works with artisans in about four provinces of Pakistan assisting in product development, training, and market linkages. AHAN aims at improving the quality of life for these artisans and their communities.

Large measures 7-1/2” high x 7-1/2” wide
Medium measures 6” high x 6” wide
Small measures 5” high x 4” wide

Handmade in Pakistan and fair trade imported.

Sobre los artesanos

Ceramica Quinua, an artisan cooperative known for its social and environmental responsibility, offers steady work to six workshops and 36 families in Ayachucho, Peru. Ceramica Quinua is dedicated to decreasing the use of firewood to reduce deforestation, and as such, works primarily with clay, which is extracted from the land in a controlled manner to avoid erosion.

The artisans shape and fire their pieces in home-based workshops during their nine-hour workday. Children often sit in on the workshops during their free time in so they may learn the trade that's been passed from ancestor to ancestor. The organization also takes pride in offering health care for its craftsmen, and for sharing its environmental knowledge and conservation techniques with students at public schools.

The Quinua district is characterized by the eucalyptus and alder-scented atmosphere of its mountain and forest landscapes. The name Quinua is derived from the Qenwal plant, said to be comparable in beauty only to the Quinuin women. The unique flora and fauna that inhabit the territory are fast becoming a major tourist attraction. Unfortunately, deforestation and pollution from paint chemicals are threatening their existence.