vintage lipao handbag Bodhi leaf Thai style double handles handmade collection
Dimension
-Width 3.5 inches, length 8 inches, height 5 inches (can fit a mobile phone)
Description
-Meterial:Lipao,palm leaves
- Bodhi leaf bag with double handles and a gold-colored Namo lock
-Created from brown lipao yarn interwoven with palm leaves in a Ya-nat pattern (ancient pattern)
-The lock is made of gold-plated brass, carved with a Thai pattern.
-Hanging with a 7 mm Namo bead
-The ear pair is made of strong brass metal, plated with gold,silver,pink gold, does not fade or turn black.
-The inside of the bag is lined with fine silk, beautifully crafted by craftsmen from Nakhon si Thammarat.
Yan Lipao are a subspecies of the Lygodium plant that growing along grove wood or edgein the forest of southern Thailand. its trunk is tapering, its husk is tough, which can be divided into 2 types, namely a black trunk and a brown trunk. Generally, a brown one is longer,
bigger and tougher..
handmae product
Yan Lipao basketry is a superb craft of Southern people. Nakhon Si Thammarat is the most well-known source of production
It originated from being made as various kinds of local appliances that have beenpassed down from ancestors for many hundred years, such as a betel nut set, a betel bag, etc. A result of an exquisitely and patiently-woven work is not defeated any other kinds of fine arts. People
in the capital city got to know about Yan Lipao when it was brought to the royal court by aristocrat fromthe South. Then, it was spread among royal-blooded..Later in 1974 Her Majesty Queen Sirikit gave the idea to establish a basketry group in the Lipao area including promoteing and developing product to have better quality.To sell as a career to increase income for the thai people.
Her majesty Sirikit