Fair-trade Hand-made Hat band - 5 color stripe shushupe - made by Peruvian Amazon artisan
This unique fair-trade Amazon Hat Band was hand-made by a native artisan from the Ampiyacu region of the Peruvian Amazon. This hat band is stylish and sturdy. It is woven from one-inch wide chambira palm fiber. that is 24.5 inches long with 2 inches of chord on both ends so it can be tied around most hats. This band will add a distinct look to any straw, felt or leather hat with a full brim. It can also double as a head band.
These models were designed by Bora artisans to represent the bushmaster snake (locally called shushupe) found throughout the Amazon rainforest Each strap comes with a tag listing the artisan's name and community and the plants they used to make it.This hat band was hand woven by a native artisan from the Bora community of Brillo Nuevo on the Yaguasyacu River. A few hat bands whose colors have slightly faded after prolonged exposure to the sun are offered at a discounted price.
Model: HB06A
Model: HB06A
Support native artisans & rainforest in the Amazon
Amazon forest loss is driving species to extinction, aggravating global warming, and robbing people of unique medicines, foods and other benefits. Cutting and burning forests is often more profitable than conserving them, so some native communities in northern Peru have illegally logged and grown coca and other cash-crops to escape poverty.
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