Inti Coin Purse with Pompom Aqua

Features
Ethics and Origin
Care

This compact coin purse is perfectly sized to fit within any bag. Pair it with one of our totes or carry it on its own you can easily and stylishly store spare change cards and other small necessities. Featuring our assortment of textile designs and accented with a fun pom-pom zip pull. Handwoven from non-toxic dyed sheep wool.

Dimensions:  5 × 0.5 × 4 in

Textile Tradition: In the Andes women artisans use the backstrap loom for traditional woven textiles. It is a completely non-mechanised loom the oldest form in the world. It is constructed with wood bone and strings easily portable and possible to be set up in the home or elsewhere. All of the textiles used in Awamaki’s bags and purses are woven on back-strap looms by women living in remote Andean communities around the Sacred Valley. 
Story of the Design: The textile designs of Awamaki's coin purses were inspired by the shawls worn by our artisan partners. In Quechua these shawls are called Lliclla a very important and personal article for each woman. They carefully weave their own llicllas selecting each figure and emblem to represent their own individuality and values. No two llicllas are the same as they are a visual representation of each woman. Which of our coin purses represents your style?
Artisans: Awamaki works with different cooperatives in the Patacancha and Kelkanka communities for woven textiles it is based on a rotation system to ensure income and orders are equally distributed amongst the artisans. There are 3 cooperatives – Awac Phuna Songuillay and Wakanquilla Kelkanca – with about 90 women artisans who partner with Awamaki to weave textiles. 

Certified by the Fair Trade Federation

Made in Peru by Awamaki a non-for-profit working with a cooperative of Andean women who knit their way out of poverty.
Your purchase directly increases their families wellbeing and quality of life.
Alpaca graze freely and are treated as part of the family by traditional herders. Awamaki is a fair trade producer and ensures the highest ethics standard.

Keep me looking lovely:
Wipe clean with a damp cloth dry flat