Montura de cajón (the distinctive traditional Peruvian box-style saddle); the full equipment set is called apero
The hand-tooled saddle and full tack set (apero) built specifically for the Caballo Peruano de Paso, Peru's distinctive lateral-gaited horse breed, by dedicated talabarterías (saddlery workshops) that supply riders (chalanes) with everything from the saddle itself through bridle, stirrups, girth, and rider apparel. Documented through named multi-generation family workshops, including one Lima talabartería whose founder's grandfather, father, and the current craftsman have together outfitted the horses of legendary Peruvian Paso breeders, the craft covers the complete equestrian equipment set specific to this breed's distinctive gait and riding tradition.
Risk level: Vulnerable · Not UNESCO-inscribed; the associated marinera dance tradition was designated Peruvian national Intangible Cultural Heritage (Formas coreográficas y musicales de La Marinera) on 30 January 1986
The making of khipus: cords of spun and plied cotton or camelid (llama, alpaca) fiber, tied together and knotted to record information.
The hand-carving of alabaster (calcium sulfate), known locally as piedra de Huamanga, into devotional religious sculptures, miniature nativity scenes, and decorative reliefs.
A box drum built entirely from flat wooden panels, invented by enslaved and free Afro-Peruvians along Peru's central coast — particularly around Chincha, south of Lima — after Spanish colonial authorities banned the leather drums enslaved…
The communal harvesting of table salt from a terraced network of thousands of shallow, hand-built evaporation pools cut into a mountainside in Peru's Sacred Valley, fed by a naturally salt-rich spring.
An intricate, individually composed geometric design system applied by Shipibo-Konibo women of Peru's central Amazon (along the Ucayali River, centered around Pucallpa) to hand-coiled pottery, hand-woven and hand-painted cotton textiles,…
A hand-thrown and hand-burnished pottery tradition from Chulucanas, Piura region, on Peru's northern coast, reviving the pre-Columbian Vicús culture's (c.
The construction of the silla charra — the distinctive Mexican charro saddle, engineered with a characteristically high pommel and cantle and a deep seat specifically designed to provide the security needed for charrería's demanding…
The hand-crafting of leather saddles and equestrian tack, founded as a formal commercial tradition in Puerto Rico in 1970 by Lalin, a Cuban-born craftsman who specialized in saddle- and horse-gear-making from a young age.
The hand-crafting of leather saddles (monturas), pack saddles (albardas), reins (riendas), belts (fajas), chest straps (pecheras), and machete and knife sheaths from tanned cowhide, centered on Estelí's long-established talabartería…
The hand-crafting of custom leather goods — bags, belts, shoes, backpacks, wallets, and knife holders — at Lake Atitlán, centered on La Cueva Leather in San Juan La Laguna, run by self-taught leather craftsman Nicolas Pop.
The construction of giveh, a soft, light, and durable handmade shoe common across rural and mountainous Iran, particularly in Kermanshah, Kurdistan, and Yazd Provinces, made up of two distinct parts: a sole, historically made of leather…
The hand-crafting of goat-skin leather goods -- candle lanterns, nature boxes, and other decorative and functional gifts -- by local Bedouin women of Feynan, a remote desert region in southern Jordan.