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Meet the Eco-Leather Toffee Messenger Bag. Featuring an adjustable strap for best possible fit and leather that is tanned and processed with plant-based materials and dyes versus hazardous chemicals like fermaldahyde. The front flap closes with a magnetic snap and the waxed cognac leather, with its brass stud details down each side, make this fair trade, handcrafted bag stand out. Inside, there are two slip pockets and a zippered pocket, plus a larger zippered pocket on the backside of the bag. Interior is lined in ivory-colored cotton fabric with a rust colored medallion design.
HANDCRAFTED IN INDIA
SKU: 6898000
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THE MAKERS
Craft Resource Center (CRC) helps informally organized artisan groups to develop self-sustaining businesses. CRC seeks to develop economic self-sufficiency for a vulnerable segment of society through traditional handcrafting skills. CRC provides marketing, design, finance and exporting assistance to a large number of artisan groups across India. CRC also provides raw materials, production coordination between groups and additional training. CRC considers artisans more important than products. This concern for artisans translates into a broader commitment to help others within the CRC network. Because of CRC’s coordination of craft production between different artisan groups, artisans have a high level of connection and cooperation. Artisan groups have been able to work together in partnership in times of need. Ten Thousand Villages has purchased products from CRC since 1993.
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