Henequen

Henequen

This are the Henequen fibers

Once dried the are used to do a lot of things. like ropes, bags, hats, clothes, furniture.

Ropes made of henequen are long lasting. And the fiber is flexible enough to bend without breaking.

During a lot of time henequen was a very prosperous industry, that created huge fortunes in Yucatan.

Then the synthetics fibers, plastics arrived, being cheaper and easier to produce, an in bigger volumes, and so Henequen was no longer profitable.