Arhuaca mochila bags of Colombia

I first noticed these cylindrical handwoven bags on a couple of delegates at the UN World Urban Forum in Medellín, Colombia. They looked unusually sturdy, very finely handwoven in wool, and all had unique and beautiful geometric patterns. A week later in Bogotá I realized they are actually quite common. The bag is called an arhuaca mochila and is a traditional artisanal bag made by the Arhuaco people in Colombia’s ...read more