The Maria Market Bag is crafted from plant fibers and dyed with natural colors. It features two woven shoulder straps that can be adjusted by tying to your desired length, making it an ideal reusable bag for shopping, beach days, or everyday errands. With its simple and reliable design, the Maria is perfect to keep by the door for quick and easy use whenever you need it.

DETAILS

• Made using cabuya, a native plant fiber
• Woven Plant Fiber Strap
• Size when empty: ~18" x 10"
• Strap length: 24"
• Stretches and expands
• Strong enough to hold your fruits and veggies

MATERIALS AND PROCESS

Minga bags are handmade by a women’s artisan group living in the cloudforest of Intag, Ecuador. These women use an ancient crafting technique to create products from cabuya, a native agave fiber. Each Minga bag takes days of careful concentration and hard work to create. 

After harvesting, preparing and dying the cabuya, the women hand spin the thread and work from one of a kind designs to crochet each bag. Artisans have been using cabuya for thousands of years, but with the introduction of plastics, its need has slowly decreased. Our artisan partners represent some of the last communities still using this age-old method. 

These bags are all one-of-a-kind. This means that no two are exactly alike and almost all contain irregularities from size to styles to color. Please allow for slight imperfections as this is what adds to the unique character of each bag. Due to the leather's natural finish each hide will keep its distinctive features, such as veins and pores. Please allow the leather time to naturally wear and soften over time.