GUATEMALAN PURSES

There are many beautiful purses made from recycled handwoven Guatemalan garments. We have two groups of small purses. One, shown first, is made from re-used women’s blouses made from lacy eyelet fabric heavily embroidered around the neck, like the blouses the two women in the photo above are wearing. These blouses are becoming a popular alternative to the ornate huipiles worn by women. This has sadly happened because weaving of the traditional huipile is extremely time-consuming, making a new huipile expensive for the native women, who generally are quite poor. The eyelet blouses are beautiful, but sadly becoming a national blouse, not differing in style from village to village like the handwoven huipiles. The second group of small purses is made from re-used huipiles. All of the purses are lined and have zippers. Some have two zippered compartments and some have colorful cords so that they can be hung on your shoulder.

Rust hand-embroidered coin-purse

$24.00

Pink bead-embroidered coin purse

$24.00

GUATEMALAN PURSES

Rust hand-embroidered coin-purse

Pink bead-embroidered coin purse

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