SHOULDER HANDBAG AUTHENTIC MOLA HANDMADE BY KUNA ADJ STRAP

HANDMADE MOLA SHOULDER  TOTE BAG WITH ADJUSTABLE STRAP BY

KUNA TRIBE EMBERA - FISH

MOLA: 13 X 11

COTTON BAG 14 ACROSS X 12 TALL  X 4 WIDE

PRICE $ send your inquire

13 INCHES WIDE

12 INCHES HIGH

4 INCHES WIDE

X

1-1/2 WIDE STRAP

1 BIG COMPARTMENT

1 FRONT POCKET WITH ZIPPER

NEW NEVER USED

 Shoulder strap made by the Kuna Indian is authentic bag with adjustable strap, sateen inner lining, black velcro to close the front and 
an extra front pocket with   a zipper  crossing the bag. Light and practical to carry all the things you need,as carry laptop or books.

THE ART OF THE KUNA INDIANS:

Beautiful famous Molas by Kuna Indians: Are ethnograpic Art coming from the rain forest along the Colombian-Panameniam border, by Kunas Natives. Mola is  the Kuna Indian word for blouse, but the term Molas has come to mean the elaborated  embroidered panels that make the front and back of a Kuna Woman!s blouse.

The art has been transmitted from grandmother mola maker to young daughters for centuries,putting in their work a defenitive form of individual expression. Mola pannels have become much sought afeter and collected examples of textile art. The artistry of a mola reflects a synthesis of traditional Kuna culture.

 Kuna women have made their bright colored adn strikingly unique blouse pannels for more than a hundred years.Made by hand with thousands of tiny stich close together with several pieces of layers spending several days to make only one panel.

The process is very meticulous one of the artisan begin by stacking several squares of differently colored fabric on top of each other.

She cuts a pattern into the stacks,revealing just one of the underlayers. Each piece takes between one or three weeks to complete. The drawing represente the events of daily life: usually they portrait animals,family life or cultural designs that are as old as the kunas themselves: sea shells,fishes,boats,fishermen, turtles,and a great variety of birds that are part of  their surroundings the paradise as they call these Islands. The theme of Mola is determined by the imagination of  the artist.

Objects observed in the course of their every day routine or imagenes etched in their mind from tales of prehistoric times.

The native women use the Mola like part of their traditional clothes. We realize the beauty of their work,using the Molas for purses,carpets to hang, bags,stuffed animals,christmas decoration,pillows,decorative items to frame,appliqued on quilts, or even, modern day clothing with the color expression of this art. Molas are prized by folk art collectors and can be viewed at some of the finest museums of the world like the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. Any attempt to describe Molas using words is bound to come short. One thing is certain, one you have seen them you will never forget them ... These itens are suggested for private ethnic collection and galleries or ethnic groups museums.

Start your collection today.Never is late. 

Size aprox 14 x 12 inches, many different styles and colors and designs in stock.

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The Rainforest Corner

REF 6826

35 X 28 X8 CTMS

REF 6825

REF 6824

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REF 6822

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SHOULDERBAG-HANDMADE-MULCOLOR-MOCHILA WAYUU-MEDIUM Ref:: 703

 7 HIGH

7 WIDE

STRING 4 FT X 1 INNCH

REF 703

PRICE $ inquire

SHOULDERBAG-HANDMADE-MULCOLOR-MOCHILA WAYUU-MEDIUM 

Ref::Guajira Authentic

 Artisan Handcrafted with straps and fringes, they are made by a group of indigenous who live in La Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia.Weaving is a traditional activity that has been passed down from their ancestors and is representative of their cultural identity. A mochila/shoulder bag/purse is a handmade bag unique to the woman who weaves it. Each mochila is hand-made by one woman and each woman has her own signature. 100% cotton.Each bag has its own character with different colors and patterns.Typical motifs are geometrical figures that represent the natural elements-animal,plants-stars. The Wayuu method of weaving is a complex form of art done entirely by hand. Their weaving knowledge is passed down from mother to daughter for generations . It takes a female between 30 to 60 days to hand weave a mochila. Love, respect for Mother Earth and ancestral wisdom are all transmitted into the weaver's needle and forever cherished in the Mochila's essence. No two will ever be exactly alike 

Dimensions of the bag are approx 6. inches Height x 7 inches -width. The shoulder strap is approx 1-1/4 nches  wide and 49 inches - long. Aprox.

 Cute mochila perfect to carry small ítems .Please be aware that since each bag is handmade sizes might vary slightly. Shipping only within USA. 'COMBINING THE COLOURS OF NATURE"... SIMPLY AMAZING... a UNIQUE piece of art! Carefully Handcrafted bag - Unique piece of art on its own. No two bags are the same. Excellent quality materials and beautiful colours! Women from the Wayuu tribe of La Guajira, Colombia show the world their enormous cultural wealth through a mix of traditional handcrafter bags. One bag may take between 3 to 4 full time weeks 

SHOULDERBAG-HANDMADE-MULCOLOR-MOCHILA WAYUU-MEDIUM Ref::Guajira Authentic, Cat 701

FRONT

BACK

7 HIGH

7 WIDE

STRING 4 FT X 1 INCH

REF 701

SOLD

SHOULDERBAG-HANDMADE-MULCOLOR-MOCHILA WAYUU-MEDIUM 

Ref::Guajira Authentic

 Artisan Handcrafted with straps and fringes, they are made by a group of indigenous who live in La Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia.Weaving is a traditional activity that has been passed down from their ancestors and is representative of their cultural identity. A mochila/shoulder bag/purse is a handmade bag unique to the woman who weaves it. Each mochila is hand-made by one woman and each woman has her own signature. 100% cotton.Each bag has its own character with different colors and patterns.Typical motifs are geometrical figures that represent the natural elements-animal,plants-stars. The Wayuu method of weaving is a complex form of art done entirely by hand. Their weaving knowledge is passed down from mother to daughter for generations . It takes a female between 30 to 60 days to hand weave a mochila. Love, respect for Mother Earth and ancestral wisdom are all transmitted into the weaver's needle and forever cherished in the Mochila's essence. No two will ever be exactly alike 

Dimensions of the bag are approx 6. inches Height x 7 inches -width. The shoulder strap is approx 1-1/4 nches  wide and 49 inches - long. Aprox.

 Cute mochila perfect to carry small ítems .Please be aware that since each bag is handmade sizes might vary slightly. Shipping only within USA. 'COMBINING THE COLOURS OF NATURE"... SIMPLY AMAZING... a UNIQUE piece of art! Carefully Handcrafted bag - Unique piece of art on its own. No two bags are the same. Excellent quality materials and beautiful colours! Women from the Wayuu tribe of La Guajira, Colombia show the world their enormous cultural wealth through a mix of traditional handcrafter bags. One bag may take between 3 to 4 full time weeks 

SHOULDERBAG-HANDMADE-MULCOLOR-MOCHILA WAYUU-MEDIUM Ref::700

FRONT

BACK

High 7 inches

Wide 7 inches

String 4 Ft x 1 inch wide

REF 700 

SHOULDERBAG-HANDMADE-MULCOLOR-MOCHILA WAYUU-MEDIUM 

Ref::Guajira Authentic

 Artisan Handcrafted with straps and fringes, they are made by a group of indigenous who live in La Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia.Weaving is a traditional activity that has been passed down from their ancestors and is representative of their cultural identity. A mochila/shoulder bag/purse is a handmade bag unique to the woman who weaves it. Each mochila is hand-made by one woman and each woman has her own signature. 100% cotton.Each bag has its own character with different colors and patterns.Typical motifs are geometrical figures that represent the natural elements-animal,plants-stars. The Wayuu method of weaving is a complex form of art done entirely by hand. Their weaving knowledge is passed down from mother to daughter for generations . It takes a female between 30 to 60 days to hand weave a mochila. Love, respect for Mother Earth and ancestral wisdom are all transmitted into the weaver's needle and forever cherished in the Mochila's essence. No two will ever be exactly alike 

Dimensions of the bag are approx 6. inches Height x 7 inches -width. The shoulder strap is approx 1-1/4 nches  wide and 49 inches - long. Aprox.

 Cute mochila perfect to carry small ítems .Please be aware that since each bag is handmade sizes might vary slightly. Shipping only within USA. 'COMBINING THE COLOURS OF NATURE"... SIMPLY AMAZING... a UNIQUE piece of art! Carefully Handcrafted bag - Unique piece of art on its own. No two bags are the same. Excellent quality materials and beautiful colours! Women from the Wayuu tribe of La Guajira, Colombia show the world their enormous cultural wealth through a mix of traditional handcrafter bags. One bag may take between 3 to 4 full time weeks 

DIJES EN REPRODUCION PRECOLOMBINA -TUMBAGOS MEDIANOS

DIJES EN REPRODUCION PRECOLOMBINA -TUMBAGOS MEDIANOS 

3 INCHES WIDE X3 INCHES HIGH

PENDANT AND BELT BUCKLE

PRE-COLUMBIN 24 K GOLD PLATED

2.5 inches base x 2 hight

Weight:

Tumbaga is an alloy composed mostly of gold and copper. It has a significantly lower melting point than gold or copperalone. It is harder than copper, but maintains malleabilibilty after being pounded.

Tumbaga can be treated with a simple acid, like citric acid, to dissolve copper off the surface. What remains is a shiny layer of nearly pure gold on top of a harder, more durable copper-gold alloy sheet. This process is referred to as depletion gilding.

Tumbaga was widely used by the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America to make religious objects. Like most gold alloys, tumbaga was versatile and could be cast, drawn, hammered, gilded, soldered, welded, plated, hardened, annealed, polished, engraved, embossed, and inlaid.

The proportion of gold to copper in artifacts varies widely; items have been found with as much as 97% gold while others instead contain 97% copper. Some tumbaga has also been found to be composed of metals besides gold and copper, up to 18% of the total mass of the tumbaga.

Tumbaga objects were often made using the lost wax technique and the alloy used was a mixture of copper (80%), silver (15%), and gold (5%). The indicated concentrations varied from object to object. Once the object was taken out of the cast, it was burned and as a consequence, copper from the surface of the object was oxidized to copper oxide and was then removed mechanically. The object was then placed in an oxidizing solution containing, it is believed, sodium chloride (salt), and ferric sulfate. This process removed through oxidation the silver from the surface of the object leaving only gold. When looking through a microscope, one may clearly see the empty spots from where the original elements copper and silver were removed.from Widipedia

TUMBAGO-PRECOLOMBIAN REPRODUCTION-PIN-PENDANT

2 INCHES WIDE X 1 INCH HIGH

PENDANT AND PIN BROOCH 

TAYRONA BUTTERFLY -

PRE-COLUMBIAN  24 K GOLD PLATED PEWTER NOSE RING

JEWELRY

GOLD MUSEUM REPLICA

Tumbaga is an alloy of gold and copper (and sometimes silver).  It ranged in content from 3-97% copper with a balance of gold and several trace metals as impurities; silver could be an impurity or a deliberate alloying element up to 18%.  One of the reasons that the composition varies so widely is that it was also the name of the metal bars that were hastily produced from South American raw materials during the early years of European conquest and settlement.  These bars were shipped back to Spain and separated back into pure copper, gold, and silver. The Pre-Hispanic American metal smiths used tumbaga extensively.  Alloying gold with 15-40% copper gives a metal that melts at 860°C (1580°F).  The alloy is significantly harder than copper, but is malleable like gold and can be hammered.  It is therefore ideally suited to the formation of elaborate objects made of hammered sheet metal.  Its relatively low melting point was a big advantage to early metal workers.  The alloy could be made to look like pure gold by treating the finished face with an acid solution to dissolve  the copper and then hammering or polishing to join the gold, creating a uniform gold surface.

FIGURA PRECOLOMBINA TUMBAGO

¿Qué es el TUMBAGO? Aleación de cobre y oro heredado de la cultura PRECOLOMBINA que nos legara la

técnica de la cera perdida (orfebrería prehispánica) Cuando los conquistadores llegaron al nuevo mundo en

lo que hoy se conoce como Colombia, descubrieron que en los pueblos indígenas se hacían figuras de

animales, reptiles, aves, murciélagos, hombres humanos, figuras sagradas y criaturas míticas. Estas

figuras representaban los seres vivos que consideraban sagrados o santos. Ellos creían que recibían

poderes de estas criaturas y estas figuras fueron usadas a menudo en un collar o dijes estatuillas y, a

menudo enterrados con ellos. Las piezas fueron hechas de una aleación de oro y cobre con plata presente en

ocasiones. El cobre bajaba la temperatura de fusión de la aleación y, por tanto hacia más fácil trabajar

con ellos. Los conquistadores llamaron a esta aleación de metal-TUMBAGO. Grandes cantidades de estas

hermosas piezas hechas a mano por los indígenas se fundieron en lingotes por los españoles para enviarlos

de viaje a España. Algunos de estos lingotes se han encontrado en algunos naufragios españoles. Los

españoles simplemente hacían un agujero en bruto en el suelo y se vertía el líquido caliente en el

orificio para formar el lingote. No todas estas piezas fueron fundidas y robadas por los conquistadores. Un

número desconocido de estas piezas se conservan hoy en día y algunos originales en el Museo del Oro y

muchas reproducciones se comercializan por los amigos de la orfobreria PRECOLOMBINA.. Esta es una pequeña

pieza que representa una FIGURA PRECOLOMBINA . Esta pieza hecha a mano .Aquí hay una oportunidad de poseer

un pedazo de historia en esta piezas de calidad de museo. Esta pieza no es original es una

reproducción-copia. La técnica de elaboración de las réplicas es la misma utilizada por los orfebres

precolombinos : Se modelan las primeras copias manualmente en cera para luego vaciarlas en metal con la

técnica de la cera perdida.Las piezas se funden en bronce y luego, gracias a una serie de pulidos

artesanales y baños de oro de 24 kilates, se les proporciona un acabado de oro intenso, duradero e

inconfundible.Se comercializan , reproducciones de joyas precolombinas, cuyos originales se encuentran el en

Museo del Oro del Banco de la República de Colombia, un tesoro de incalculable valor, preservado gracias a

la acción de rescate y conservación del patrimonio precolombino emprendida por el banco desde hace

décadas.

FIGURAS PRECOLOMBINAS-REPRODUCCIONES TUMBAGO-

BROCHE- FIGURA ORECOLOMBINA 




 2 INCHES X 1

La técnica de elaboración de sus réplicas es la misma utilizada por los orfebres precolombinos : Se modelan las primeras copias manualmente en cera para luego vaciarlas en metal con la técnica de la cera perdida.Las piezas se funden en bronce y luego, gracias a una serie de pulidos artesanales y baños de oro de 24 kilates, se les proporciona un acabado de oro intenso, duradero e inconfundible.La empresa comercializa, especialmente, reproducciones de joyas precolombinas, cuyos originales se encuentran el en Museo del Oro del Banco de la República de Colombia, un tesoro de incalculable valor, preservado gracias a la acción de rescate y conservación del patrimonio precolombino emprendida por el banco de

The technique of making replicas is the same used by pre-Columbian goldsmiths: the first copies are modeled in wax and then manually emptied into metal with the technique of wax pieces are melted .The pieces melted in bronze and then, through a series artisanal polished and baths 24 karat gold, are given a gold finish strong, durable and inconfundible.The companies market, especialized in reproductions of pre-Columbian jewelry, whose originals are the Museo del Oro Bank of the Republic of Colombia, a treasure of incalculable value, preserved thanks to the action of rescue and conservation of pre-Columbian heritage undertaken by the bank of Republica.

PRENDEDOR O DIJE FIGURA PRECOLOMBINA 

2 INCHES WIDE X  1 HIGH
PRE-COLUMBIAN 24K GOLD PLATED PEWTER
NOSE RING
PENDANT AND PIN BROOCH 
PRE-OWNED

Tumbaga is an alloy of gold and copper (and sometimes silver).
 It ranged in content from 3-97% copper with a balance of gold and several trace metals as impurities; silver could be an impurity or a deliberate alloying element up to 18%.
 One of the reasons that the composition varies so widely is that it was also the name of the metal bars that were hastily produced from South American raw materials during the early years of European conquest and settlement.
 These bars were shipped back to Spain and separated back into pure copper, gold, and silver.

The Pre-Hispanic American metal smiths used tumbaga extensively.

 Alloying gold with 15-40% copper gives a metal that melts at 860°C (1580°F).

 The alloy is significantly harder than copper, but is malleable like gold and can be hammered.

 It is therefore ideally suited to the formation of elaborate objects made of hammered sheet metal.

 Its relatively low melting point was a big advantage to early metal workers. 

The alloy could be made to look like pure gold by treating the finished face with an acid solution to dissolve 

the copper and then hammering or polishing to join the gold, creating a uniform gold surface.

DIJE-FIGURA PRECOLOMBIANA-USADO 
1 X 1

In Pre-Columbian America gold ear ornaments were symbol of status and prestige and were used by Zenu people in their rituals. 

Goldsmiths of Zenu culture used semi-filigree pattern in their jewelry.

Gold jewelry was made of alloy with high degree of gold.

The technic of semi-filigree (false filigree) is characteristic future of Zenu gold work. 

The semi-filigree is not woven with gold threads but cast using "the lost wax" method. 

The filigree work was influenced by weaving and basket work that was prevalent in Zenu region.

The Zenu culture saw different aspects of life interconnected with each other.

The jewelry represented the balance and harmony in different aspects of life. 

1 INH CHAIN 26 INCHES

La técnica de elaboración de sus réplicas es la misma utilizada por los orfebres precolombinos : Se modelan las primeras copias manualmente en cera para luego vaciarlas en metal con la técnica de la cera perdida.Las piezas se funden en bronce y luego, gracias a una serie de pulidos artesanales y baños de oro de 24 kilates, se les proporciona un acabado de oro intenso, duradero e inconfundible.La empresa comercializa, especialmente, reproducciones de joyas precolombinas, cuyos originales se encuentran el en Museo del Oro del Banco de la República de Colombia, un tesoro de incalculable valor, preservado gracias a la acción de rescate y conservación del patrimonio precolombino emprendida por el banco desde hace décadas.

Estas piezas fueron adquiridas en dicha emoresa hace varios años.-son dos pie

PAR DE ARETES FIGURA PRECOLOMBINA- USADO -MU BUEN ESTADO 

PAR DE ARETES-FIGURA PRECOLOMBINA- USADOS- EN MUY BUEN ESTADO

PENDANT OR
BELT BUCKLE
3,5 X 2 APRX