Silk shoulder bag, 'Golden Lahu Hills' | 
 enlarge | Brand: NOVICA
Category: Apparel
Department: Womens
Buy New: $37.95 (On sale from $58.95)
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 1.2 x 9.5 x 9.5
ASIN: B000F7Q7SM
Availability: Usually ships in 6-10 business days
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| Features:
| • | Handmade by Thai Tribal Crafts | | • | Ships from Thailand within 7 days | | • | Dry cleaning recommended | | • | Features a magnetic button closure |
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Product Description
NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, offers thousands of limited edition and one-of-a-kind gifts, jewelry, and home decor treasures handmade by master artists and artisans throughout the world. Delicate bands of pha tap patchwork evoke distant hills in an exquisite silk shoulder bag. The technique comes from Thailand's Lahu people and juxtaposes different colored strips of cloth. Shimmering beadwork adds elegance to the design from Thai Tribal Crafts. It features an inner pocket with zipper and fastens with a magnetic button. Artisan Info: Traditionally, the tribal people in northern Thailand have supported their families through slash and burn agriculture, being forced to move their villages every few years searching for new and fertile fields. However, as the available space is limited, this semi-nomadic style is no longer feasible. On the other hand, based on ecological criteria, the Thai government is banning the timber cut down, trim, and hauling on the hillside lands. Thus, the hill tribes have explored new options for solving their economical needs while preserving their communal life, and the answer was found in their handicrafts. Luckily, this new activity has helped them to restore and revive traditions and expressions, which, otherwise, may have been lost forever. Aiming to market such products, and improve the quality of life of the tribal people, in 1973 the Baptist Christian Service Foundation sponsored the creation of the "Thai Tribal Crafts," which is a grass-roots, non-profit and self-sustained agency, operating under the principles of promoting fair trade, preserving the traditional arts and crafts of tribal people, and providing advice and training for the producers, mainly in the areas of quality control and design. The goal is to make a profitable trading, ensuring a benefit for the artisan and his her people, and the continuation of the project. Today, thanks to the efforts of the Thai Tribal Crafts, hundreds of families are earni
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