Silky Soft Bamboo Viscous Scarf/Wrap - Magenta/Green, Egypt

This stunning scarf is 100% handwoven by expert weavers in Egypt.  It is lightweight and luxuriously soft.  The colors have a beautiful sheen to them and the hues change according to the light.  This version is largely magenta but has a hint of a green undertone.

This is a smaller scarf but is still large enough to wear as a wrap for those cool spring and summer days when you need just a little something around your shoulders.  The viscous fabric is made from sustainable bamboo.

Measures 17.7" x 63" long plus fringe. 

ABOUT THE ARTISANS

This scarf was handmade by women in a fair trade cooperative in Nagada, Egypt, a  pre-historic rural village.  Artisans in this town have been weaving on the same type of looms that have been used since Pharaonic times, with weaving estimated to have started in Egypt around 4000 B.C.  This traditional craft of weaving has been handed down from one generation to the other for thousands of years. The artisans in the cooperative are not only paid excellent wages, they work in safe conditions and use environmentally sustainable practices such as recycling and upcycling.  Access to international markets has increased the artisans' livelihood and improved their standard of living.



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