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This extra long Shawl Brown with fringes is elegant and has a soft drape. It can be worn at home, work or an evening out. It can also be used as plaid. Enjoy wearing handmade and fairtrade fashion.
This multiuse Shawls Brown Yellow is handwoven on a foot-loom by weavers of the cooperative Kem Ajachel in Solola, Guatemala.
Because of its size, it takes about 3 workdays to 6 masterweavers to make one of these gorgeous oversized shawl wraps.
With your purchase you are helping these Mayan weavers to support their household economy, send their children to school and to protect their precious weaving traditions.
Specifications:
Oversized shawl wrap Care:
Source: Quetzal Artisan
Brand: Quetzal Artisan is a brand that brings handmade and hand-woven products from North, Central and South America to Europe. The goal of Quetzal Artisan is to stimulate fair trade and to give real craftsmanship a stage. Quetzal Artisan has different collections that all try to make the world a bit better in their own way.
Fair Trade: The wool collection is designed and woven by women in Canada and the Guatemalan textile collection is made by skilled women from Guatemala. The Guatemalan women make beautiful designs that combine traditional and modern and they get paid fair wages for their work, which ensures that they can support their children.
Environmentally Friendly: For the wool collection Quetzal Artisan uses materials such as bamboo, alpaca wool, and organic cotton, which are spun in the Andes mountains of South America. For the Guatemalan collection, they only use natural materials such as cotton and viscose, and they paint by hand using natural paint products such as tree bark and flowers.
Practical information
Shipping fee: Free in Europe
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