[{"id":167054475367,"handle":"accessories","title":"Accessories","updated_at":"2024-12-04T16:30:45-05:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2020-09-28T19:03:21-04:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Scarves"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Handbags \u0026 Coin Purses"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Jackets"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Friendship Bracelet"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Accessories"}],"published_scope":"global","image":{"created_at":"2021-04-14T19:20:01-04:00","alt":null,"width":2048,"height":2048,"src":"\/\/www.mayanhands.org\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/accessories_for_shopify.jpg?v=1618447064"}},{"id":284001415,"handle":"bags","title":"Bags","updated_at":"2024-12-04T09:55:02-05:00","body_html":"Handmade handbags, totes and zip pouches feature fabric handwoven by Maya women in Guatemala. Travel in style with an heirloom-quality weekender bag, grab your favorite everyday tote, and stay organized with zip pouches in different sizes. Your purchase of a handmade, ethical bag creates economic independence for talented women artisans and helps preserve the cultural tradition of weaving in Guatemala.","published_at":"2016-05-21T12:27:00-04:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Handbags \u0026 Coin Purses"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":276109852775,"handle":"gifts-under-50","updated_at":"2024-12-04T16:30:02-05:00","published_at":"2024-11-07T12:09:24-05:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"global","title":"Gifts under $50","body_html":"\u003cp\u003eHandcrafted gifts under $50. Your one-stop shop for host and hostess gifts, teacher appreciation gifts, and a special something to show you care!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShop your values with a thoughtful, timeless gift that creates meaningful employment opportunities for talented women artisans. Proudly made in Guatemala.\u003c\/p\u003e"},{"id":274666651751,"handle":"staff-picks","updated_at":"2024-12-03T14:40:15-05:00","published_at":"2024-08-28T14:24:25-04:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"global","title":"Staff Picks","body_html":""},{"id":276006699111,"handle":"travel-organizers","updated_at":"2024-12-04T09:55:02-05:00","published_at":"2024-10-31T12:51:57-04:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"global","title":"Travel Organizers","body_html":""}]
["Handbags \u0026 Coin Purses"]
- | / Save up to % Save % Save up to Save Sale Sold out In stock
This very special bag is created by weavers in San Juan la Laguna who have preserved the art of natural dyeing. Traditional jaspe (ikat) designs depicting elements of the natural world are created with dyes sourced from only natural materials, especially native wild and cultivated plants.
To create their designs, weavers first prepare the warp threads by carefully tying off select threads, which prevents the dye from penetrating the threads under these knots. They submerge the threads into baths of plant materials such as sacatinta, pericon, cafe, palo de pito, or from cochineal, a dye sourced from insects. The threads emerge from the dye bath in lovely subtle tones of green, grey, beige, yellow, blue, brown and pink, then are then placed in a hot bath of banana bark to stabilize the colors.
After the threads are dyed and dried, the weavers untie the knots on the warp, which reveals the patterns they had created earlier. They carefully arrange the warp on their backstrap looms and only then begin to weave.
Lined with unbleached cotton, zipper top closure with unbleached cotton tassel. Threads are dyed in small batches and dye lot variation is an expected result in the natural dye process. Pattern placement will vary.