top of page

If you are looking for a completely unique item, then these Recycled Guatemalan Huipile Purses are definitely for you!  Each purse is uniquely designed from recycled hand embroidered and handwoven fabrics from the Mayan women's traditional dress.  No joke, each bag is HAND-embroidered!  You truly have to see these beauties to believe the quality of the stitching. 

 

**Due to the handmade nature of this product, each color, pattern, and design will vary.  The photos are examples and may not be the exact design or color you receive.

 

"Weaving has long been a tradition among the Mayan women of Guatemala. The daily attire of many Mayan women consists of cortes (handwoven skirts) and huipiles (wee-peels, hand-embroidered, poncho like blouses). The huipil has evolved as textile technologies and fashions change, but is a clothing tradition that can be traced to precolonial Mesoamerica.

 

"Requiring more time and skill than their commercial contemporaries, handwoven textiles are more expensive to make than mass-produced textiles woven by machines. Because of this, Mayan women struggle to practice their traditional weaving skills."

Recycled Guatemalan Huipile Purse

$34.00Price
Quantity
    • Fully lined with inside pocket.
    • Front pocket.
    • 15.5" L x 12"h x 5.5"w.
    • Strap is 36".
  • Handmade in Guatemala by Lucia's Imports

Looking for more?

Related Products

for more on
ethical hope...

- Ethical Hope is about family - the global community that is our family, whether we know them all or not, and caring for them exactly as they are, wherever they are.  

- Ethical Hope is about value - valuing those who have been deemed worthless and showing them that their contributions to the world are indeed valuable and vitally important.

- Ethical Hope is about  worth -  providing sustainable wages and compassionate treatment in cultures and societies where too many are forgotten or neglected.

- Ethical Hope is about hope - offering it to anyone who needs hope in their struggles, light in their darkness, acceptance in their brokenness.

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Help

©2023 by Ethical Hope. 

bottom of page