32% goes to the makers 7% runs the site & pays the artisans who run it — Anou is a cooperative 61% shipping
SIZE
60cm x 52cm x 2cm — 2ft x 1ft 8in x 1in
WEIGHT
1200 g
MATERIALS
Cotton and Rag Fabric
PRODUCT ID
#20701
Despite its modern chic appeal, the Boucharef carpet is woven into traditional Atlas Mountain culture. When poorer families were low in supplies during a cold winter, they washed and tore up old clothing to furnish their homes. Fortunately today, the carpet carries on in tradition rather than in necessity.
Ganou Mahboub treasurer of the cooperative was born in 1965 in skhirat mastered the craft of weaving where she learned on the mother's hands have not been studied married mother of six sons and one girl
VISIT THE VILLAGE
See where this piece was made
Cooperative Azta hosts visitors in their village — share tea, watch the artisans at work, and see the craft up close. Visits start at $14 per person, and most of it goes straight to the group.
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