Scarf Purple Green - Natural Dyes - Beautiful and Fairtrade from Quetzal Artisan
Scarf Purple Green - Natural Dyes - Beautiful and Fairtrade from Quetzal Artisan

Scarf Purple Green - Natural Dyes - Beautiful and Fairtrade

€44.95

Available sizes:
One Size
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  • SUPLC
  • MIL
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  • FAT Fair Trade
  • SUPLC Good Cause
  • MIL Eco-Friendly

Short description

This lovely Scarf Purple Green will brighten up your days! This ecofriendly Mayan scarf is handmade with natural cotton hand-dyed with natural dyes.

These fairtrade scarves are skillfully hand-woven by Mayan weavers, members of the Cooperative Kem Ajachel in Guatemala. They use as main tool a backstrap-loom, natural cotton, and natural dyes extracted from barks, plants, vegetables, and flowers.

The cooperative Kem Ajachel is formed by 70 talented Mayas artisans.

With your purchase you are helping them to support their household and to send their children to school for a better future

Specifications:

  • Measures: 185cm x 25% cm (including fringes)
  • Composition: 93.5% cotton, 6.5% rayon
  • Natural Dyes
  • Handmade in Guatemala
  • Ecofriendly and Fairtrade

Scarves are:

  • Hand wash with cold water and lay flat or hang to dry.
  • Iron using cotton setting.

Source: Quetzal Artisan

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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

Delivery time: -

Address: No physical store

 

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