THE MOCHILA BAG ranger These exquisitely beaded bags are

These exquisitely beaded bags are handmade by the Antassia collective in Northern Kenya

combining practicality with cultural depth

and embellish it with a recycled brass elephant

there was only water and land

children’s education

THE MOCHILA BAG ranger These exquisitely beaded bags areThese are the colorful mochilasbands and blocks of color, from soft naturals to vivid brights, with no two combinations the same. The weavers tell it this way: when the earth was made, there was only water and land, then life began to emergethe trees, the seaand with it came all the colors. The colored mochilas tell that story, of life developing on Earth. Woven entirely by hand by the Indigenous weavers of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, each