Woven Turkish carpet Bookmark

Thanks, Richard :)

Woven Turkish carpet Bookmark

Woven Turkish Bookmark

Turkish carpets have been famous for centuries because of their beautiful and colourful designs. Each bookmark is woven (not printed!) in the pattern of an authentic Turkish carpet as it has been made for centuries with skills and designs that have been handed down from craftsman to craftsman since the Ottoman Empire!

Guatemalan girls

                                  Guatemalan girls in their traditional clothing in Chichicastenango.

Guatemala  is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast.

 For this wonderful bookmark myriad am grateful to my friend Renolda :)

Hand-woven bookmark :)

The fiber, red hand-woven  bookmark also purchased from  an indigenous weaver in the street market of Otavalo, Ecuador about market...Sent by Hope (Esperanza) :) Thank you, I really like it :)

Hand-woven bookmark

The fiber, hand-woven  bookmark  purchased from  an indigenous weaver in the street market of Otavalo, Ecuador.Sent by Hope (Esperanza) :) Thank you, I really like it :)

I'm not sure, but I guess it's Otavaleña woman on this bookmark, cause Otavaleña women traditionally wear distinctive white embroidered blouses, with flared lace sleeves, and black or dark over skirts, with cream or white under skirts. Long hair is tied back with a 3cm band of woven multi coloured material, often matching the band which is wound several times round their waists. They usually have many strings of gold beads around their necks, and matching tightly wound long strings of coral beads around each wrist. Men wear white trousers, and dark blue ponchos.:)