Intermediate
Arhuaca shoulder bag
Posted on: 23 Jul, 2009 03:11 AM
The Arhuaca shoulder bag it´s a common artisanal product make for the American ethnic group that live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (north of Colombia), whose name is Arhuacos or Aruacos. This kind of shoulder bag is produce with a natural material obtained from the goats or sheep called wool. The Arhuaca shoulder bag is made naturally and it´s not created by any special machine. It´s manually knitted by hand. The Arhuaca shoulder bag doesn´t have an only one design, on the contrary there are many different design. This design is basically in its fabric, in the lines or figures. Together with the Vueltiao hat, the Arhuaca shoulder bag is a well-know product for Colombian people and foreign people.
The person that want to have a Arhuaca shoulder bag can find it in many stores around Colombia, especially in Valledupar city, a place close to La Sierra Nevada. In this city one can find also the Vueltiao hat.
(Arhuaca shoulder bag)
(Vueltiao hat)
(Manizales, July 22)
Submitted by Yoba on 24 Jul, 2009 02:43 AM
Hi Yoba,
Very good blogs about Colombia! Are these bags made by aboriginal
people in Colombia?
Most of those kind of products are made by aboriginal people from my country too. But I'm not sure if we have this type exactly.
Maru
Maru. Thanks for your comment.
The Arhuaca shoulder bags are made for the Arhuacos or Araucos an
indigenous community that lives in the Sierra Nevada de Santa
Marta.
- Reply to Comment >
Submitted by Maru on 23 Jul, 2009 06:56 PM
Hi Yoba,
Very good blogs about Colombia! Are these bags made by aboriginal
people in Colombia?
Most of those kind of products are made by aboriginal people from my country too. But I'm not sure if we have this type exactly.
Maru
- Reply to Comment >
Submitted by Yoba on 23 Jul, 2009 04:08 PM
Yoba, these are amazing artisan products. Just exquisite! How
much to these shoulder bags and hats cost? Must be expensive.
________________________________
"Found the right path. Turned left."
Write your 6 word memoir.
http://www.englishcafe.com/chatcafe/6-Word-Memoirs-2646
The Arhuaca shoulder bag and Vueltiao hat cost, each one, between $150.000 or $200.000 (Colombian pesos)
- Reply to Comment >
Submitted by Aggie on 23 Jul, 2009 08:31 AM
I really like regional products and I'm keen on buying them wherever I am :) It's more desirable than globalized products. Thank you for sharing.
- Reply to Comment >
Submitted by Raymond on 23 Jul, 2009 05:11 AM
Yoba, these are amazing artisan products. Just exquisite! How
much to these shoulder bags and hats cost? Must be expensive.
________________________________
"Found the right path. Turned left."
Write your 6 word memoir.
http://www.englishcafe.com/chatcafe/6-Word-Memoirs-2646
- Reply to Comment >
RESPOND