These are wondeful ruana's. Easily worn in the office, and in spring/autumn as outerwear. The color here is more like a medium/flecked/mottled or cocoa brown, like the lightest parts seen in the photograph.
I bought this for my wife as a Christmas gift and she loves the jewelry box. it is well made and is a lovely design with tooled leather. We retired from the US to Oaxaca several years ago but still remain Novica customers and usually receive shipments without issues. One issue however is if you are planning to ship this piece to Mexico expect a delay for the delivery due to new 2025 Mexican Customs Regulations for inspecting wooden products. Mexican Customs finally released the product but it took more than three weeks for them to do so. FedEx informed me there would be a $200 peso inspection fee but I was ultimately not charged the fee by Customs. I don't know if this is common practice since the Mexican Custom requirement for wooden items is new and confusing.
Kathiana’s leather work is so beautiful and I have purchased from this artist a couple of times so far. One of the bags that I bought has traveled with me far and wide. This one is a gift for my daughter and I know that she’s going to treasure it for years to come.