Price is per LIENSOS (2.25 yards)
- Qty 1 = 1 liensos = 2.5 yards long
Content: 100% Cotton
Width: 43 cm / 17"
Length: 2.05 m / 81" / 2.25 yards
Weight: 355 gsm / 10.5 oz/yd2
Yarn Colours: Indigo White Ikat
Origin: Handwoven from Guatemala using backstrap loom. Produced by certified Fair Trade Organization - Maya Traditions.
Social Impact: Your purchases allow the artisans to preserve their cultural knowledge, raise their families with fair wages, send their children for higher educations and develop their communities.
This stunning ikat fabric is made with natural indigo dye. Artisans meticulously dyed the yarns and aligned them into beautiful patterns before weaving started. It requires highly skilled weavers to create patterns liked these.
This medium to heavy weight fabric is created by cooperatives in the lakeside village of San Juan La Laguna. The artisans from this community specialize in backstrap woven textiles featuring traditional Ikat designs created using natural dyes.
