This stunning scarf is 100% handwoven by expert weavers in Egypt.  It is lightweight and luxuriously soft.  The colors have a beautiful sheen to them and there are subtle undertones beneath the main colors.

The scarf is large enough to wear as a wrap around the shoulders for those cool days and nights, as well as around the neck. The viscose fabric is made from sustainable bamboo.

Measures 19.7" wide by 70.9" long plus fringe. (This is a large scarf).

All of our products are shipped with cards containing information about fair trade and the corresponding artisan group.

ABOUT THE ARTISANS

This scarf was handmade by women in a fair trade cooperative in Nagada, Egypt, a  pre-historic rural village.  Artisans in this town have been weaving on the same type of looms that have been used since Pharaonic times, with weaving estimated to have started in Egypt around 4000 B.C.  This traditional craft of weaving has been handed down from one generation to the other for thousands of years. The artisans in the cooperative are not only paid excellent wages, they work in safe conditions and use environmentally sustainable practices such as recycling and upcycling.  Access to international markets has increased the artisans' livelihood and improved their standard of living.