Kutpera Arrow

CHF115.00
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  • Handmade straps length between 100 cm and 130 cm long, please note product image. 5 cm wide and holds up to 3 kg

  • Clip endings made of natural leather or pineapple fiber as leather substitute with swivel clips

  • Versatile! It can also be used as camera strap 

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Ply-splitting technique
The Wayuu call this band “Kutpera”. Traditionally, it is used as an element in the donkey saddle. Donkeys are important farm animals for the Wayuu indigenous people. The Wayuu honour their animals by decorating them with such colourful bands. Usually the men make the straps for the donkeys. The Wayuu also use the kutpera as a very resistant type of shoulder strap for their traditional bags.

Piñatex - brown strap
These accessories are made of pineapple leaves processed into eco-leather. The pineapple’s stable leaf fibers surprisingly offer an equivalent substitute for animal leather.

Leather - pink strap
The natural leather used for the strap is made from rest pieces. 

Empowering indigenous women
Mama Tierra's vision is the self-determination of the indigenous women. That's why we sell accessories manufactured in the Caribbean desert by the Wayuu indigenous people. Mama Tierra offers women existence-saving wages and financial independence.

Material: 100% synthetic fibres (polyacrylic), azo dye-free, Iso-Standard 9001:2000

Ply-splitting technique
The Wayuu call this band “Kutpera”. Traditionally, it is used as an element in the donkey saddle. Donkeys are important farm animals for the Wayuu indigenous people. The Wayuu honour their animals by decorating them with such colourful bands. Usually the men make the straps for the donkeys. The Wayuu also use the kutpera as a very resistant type of shoulder strap for their traditional bags.

Piñatex - brown strap
These accessories are made of pineapple leaves processed into eco-leather. The pineapple’s stable leaf fibers surprisingly offer an equivalent substitute for animal leather.

Leather - pink strap
The natural leather used for the strap is made from rest pieces. 

Empowering indigenous women
Mama Tierra's vision is the self-determination of the indigenous women. That's why we sell accessories manufactured in the Caribbean desert by the Wayuu indigenous people. Mama Tierra offers women existence-saving wages and financial independence.

Material: 100% synthetic fibres (polyacrylic), azo dye-free, Iso-Standard 9001:2000

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