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Chaguar, weaving the forest's fibres
The Chaguar (Bromelia serra) is a plant which resembles the yucca, with sword-shaped evergreen leaves. It grows in the forest and is about 3 feet tall. The Wichi women cut its leaves with wooden spades or machete.
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CHAGUAR WICHI BAGS
The wichi tribe lives in Argentina in the region of Formosa. Chaguar is a plant with thorn,from the NE of Argentina.After a process made by artisans, they obtain a fiber similar to the sisal rope.They are making those beautiful bags with it.
RESPECT D.T.L.C.usa , is trading directly with an Indian coop that insure a fair trade with the workers.
The bags are coming from different villages , that’s what explain the diversity in the designs and weavings with still the same style .
The originality is that you will never find 2 bags alike!
STEP BY STEP PROCESS
Picking:
Women go with bags [made in chaguar] to pick the plants. It’s a very hard task because they go far away and also because of chaguar’s thorns.
Peeling and cleaning:
There are different ways to separate fibers. Wichi women use the” peeling”.They peel each leave and hit each of them to “clean” them.
Whitening:
After that process , they put “clean” fibers under the sun to dry them . They become almost white.
Cord manufacture:
Now the artisan works fiber by fiber separating them with it’s fingers .She fingers it over her thigh until it becomes a strong cord.
Dyeing the cord:
For this process, they use different natural dyes made with roots, fruits, seeds, barks or leaves obtaining colors like brown gray red black and mustard.
Knitting:
Weavers use the mesh technique made with thick wooden needles .they create beautiful designs representing local plants and animals . for example ,some dotted lines ,snake’s skin, rhombuses ,fox’s leg or local type of jaguar’s skin ,pentagons,jaguar’s face or an iguana.
Pouches
ALL PRICES ARE WHOLESALE RATES.
Prices :
Big and middle size (Wholesale):$17.00
Small size :$15.00
|
MODEL |
SIZE |
PRICE |
|
Mikonos carre |
13 \ 13 inch |
70 $ |
|
Mikonos grand |
21 \ 13 inch |
85 $ |
|
Gaucho petit |
14 \ 10,5 inch |
140 $ |
|
Gaucho grand |
17,5 \ 15 inch |
195 $ |
|
Respect petit |
13,5 \ 9 inch |
120 $ |
|
Respect grand |
20 \ 12 inch |
150 $ |
|
Postal escolar |
16,5 \ 13,5 inch |
150 $ |
|
Postal |
15 \ 11 inch |
120 $ |
|
Nudos |
17,5 \ 11 inch |
98 $ |
|
Marocan bag |
10,5 \ 7 inch |
30 $ |
|
Lillipuce purse |
4,5 \3 inch |
15 $ |
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