Tejido de garabatá
A fiber-bag weaving technique practiced by Ayoreode women of Bolivia's Chaco Boreal, using thread hand-spun from the leaves of the garabatá plant (a native bromeliad). Each of the Ayoreode's seven clans weaves its own distinct geometric design into the finished bags, a visual system of clan identity carried directly in the textile. Nearly lost as the Ayoreode were drawn into contact with mainstream Bolivian society from the 1940s onward, the technique was deliberately revived beginning in 1985 through the Centro de Investigación, Diseño Artesanal y Comercialización Cooperativa (CIDAC) and its retail arm, Artecampo, and is now organized through a dedicated weavers' association.
Risk level: Endangered · Not inscribed; Bolivia is a State Party to the 2003 ICH Convention
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