THE MOCHILA BAG mobile-priority-5 each carrying its own cultural

each carrying its own cultural significance

Each collar—and the precise placement of the single colored bead—is one of a kind

or small tools—just as the rangers do in the field

The kanga is one of East Africa’s most beloved textiles: a cotton cloth worn along the Swahili coast for well over a century as a wrap

Its pattern is inspired by the moran bracelets worn by young male warriors—orange evokes the color of the earth

THE MOCHILA BAG mobile-priority-5 each carrying its own culturalThese 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