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NEW LARGE MOCHILA ARHUACA FROM SIERRA NEVADA, COLOMBIA.

EXCHANGED AS WEDDING GIFTS WITHIN THE ARHUACO CULTURE THESE HAND KNOTTED MOCHILAS ARE GIVEN FROM THE GROOM'S FAMILY TO THE BRIDE'S FAMILY AND VISE VERSA. 100% VIRGIN WOOL IN NATURAL COLORS SPOOLED BY THE ARHUACOS, THESE BAGS ARE KNOTTED AND CAN TAKE FOUR MONTH TO COMPLETE. THE PRESERVATION OF LA SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA IS AN EXCEPTIONAL AND UNIQUE NATURAL RESERVE AND PATRIMONY TO THE EARTH. THE ARCHUACO CULTURE IS EXEMPLARY OF MAN LIVING WITH NATURE IN HARMONY.

APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS:

HEIGHT : 1foot 1 inches DIAMETER: 10.5 inches

STRAP LENGTH: 2 feet 7 inches ( strap lenght from one side of the mochila to the other side of the mochila.

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Ethnic, Foldable, Durable and Resistant this Colombian Mochila Arhuaca is meticulously hand woven with love and care by one Arhuaco Woman. It took approximately one month to complete this Arhuaca Mochila Bag. This is an ideal wool bag for everyday use, traveling, as a shopping or beach bag. Crafted the traditional way this tribal handbag is unquestionably unique in color, design and no one else can have the same Mochila. This 100% Authentic Mochila Arhuaca Bag and is handmade in Colombia. The Arhuaco are a group of indigenous people who live in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia. Each Mochila is handmade and unique to the woman who weaves it. The Mochila available here is purchased directly from a group of Native Colombian Arhuaco Women that weave them. This Mochila: – Handmade of Colombian Wool – Strap Drop: 17″ – Bag Depth: 13″ – Bag Opening Width: 7.5″ – 8″ SHIPPING FROM -FLORIDA OR/COLOMBIA TO USA AND WORLDWIDE. PAYMENT BY PAYPAL.
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Arhuaca mochila

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The Arhuaca mochila is a popular artisan bag in Colombia.

The mochila arhuaca (English: Arhuaca knapsack), or tutu iku in Ika, is a popular Colombian artisan bag made by the Arhuaco people of theSierra Nevada.In recent years, the bags have turned into a cultural symbol for Colombian identity.

History

Although the whole arhuaco community is involved in production, onlyWati (Arhuaco women) can weave the bags together according to custom.^[2] Traditionally, the women learn to weave from an early age by watching their mothers. The first mochila they make is given to the priest for the rituals of the life cycle.

Characteristics

The colors with which the mochilas are woven are earth tones, ranging from brown and beige to black and gray. Originally they were woven with natural fibers from the Arahuaco lands, such as agave and cotton (the latter reserved for Mamos backpacks, which can not be traded). The Spanish introduced sheep's wool and currently mochilas also are made with industrial fibers.
The bags usually carry indigenous drawings or representations of animals and other objects of their cosmology. Each design identifies families, some of the most important are the gamako (the frog), the symbol of fertility, the zikamu (the centipede), the aku (the rattlesnake), which symbolizes time and space, the peynu (the comb), the kutia (ribs), kaku serankua (the creator of the Sierra father), makuru (the vulture), gwirkunu (the hills and lakes), urumu (the snail), sariwuwu (the months of pregnancy), kunsamunu a'mia (the thought of women), kunsamunu cheyrua (human thought), kanzachu (tree leaf), chinuzatu (the four corners of the world), kambiru (scorpion tail or scribble), phundwas (the snowy peaks of the Sierra) and Garwa (the father of the roads).
In the town of Atanquez, the bags are most frequently made with hemp from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain-range.

Usage

Arhuaca mochila

Arhuaco men traditionally use three bags: one called chige kwanu, to save personal belongings, another called Zizhu, to carry cocoa leaves, and the third for food storage or travel items. They also used a fourth one called masi, to hold their poporo. The women carry the tutu gawa made of agave. The tutu chakeai and jina kau (white, cotton, without drawings) are marunsama backpacks or mamu (spiritual sage of the arhuaco).
When a man and woman will marry, the future wife weaves two bags, one for her and one for her husband, to symbolize the love of the couple.

Popular culture

Starting in the 1960s, the arhuaca mochila left the geographical arhuaco, penetrated large Colombian cities (especially Santa Marta, Valledupar and Barranquilla), and is used primarily by young people today as a way to claim their indigenous culture.
In 2006, the backpack was nominated as the Arhuaco cultural symbol of Colombia in the contest organized by the magazine .

SOMBRERO ARHACUO

Tutusoma · Gorro Arhuaco
Material:	Lana de Ovejo
Tamaño:	20cm x 30cm

Cuando un joven arhuaco utiliza por primera vez su Tutusoma se compromete a resguardar el equilibrio y la armonía de la montaña. El color claro de su sombrero y su pelo largo y negro representan la nieve y la sierra que habita esta comunidad indígena del norte del país. El Tutusoma hace parte del vestido del hombre arhuaco, atuendo que se complementa con unos pantalones y una túnica de algodón que lo protegen del frío de la montaña, pero que igualmente son utilizados en click. MANTAS TIPICAS WAYUU-SIMILARES EN STOCK MANTAS TIPICAS WAYUU La mezcla de diferentes tecnicas de pintura dibujo y bordado le imprimen un diseño unico en la elaboración de una manta para el uso diario u ocasiones especiales. Es una prenda propia de la cultura Wayuu, diseñada y bordada con finos hilos, los cuales le dan vistosidad y armonía cromática. La tradicional manta guajira se enriquece con bordados innovadores, pintura y cristales, convirtiendo esta tradicional prenda de la mujer guajira, en una cómoda vestimenta, apta para toda ocasión