Loose-weave chambira market bag - made by native artisans from the Peruvian Amazon
Chambira market bags in two styles - loose weave bottom and circular tight weave bottom.
Made by Bora and Huitoto native artisans from the Ampiyacu River community of Puca Urquillo.
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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