Clarkes Antiques

Antique Textiles

 Original Tribal Items from the stock of a craft shop that closed about 10 years ago. . . being sold for the owner . These were all bought in the  1980's during multiple trips to the Akha people and others in Asia then stored when the shop closed . . . from a huge ethnic collection which is now being sold as a pension fund. In the last 10-15 years an increasing number of ethnic minority mountain villages, Including Akha, have tried to open up for tourists, hoping to gain some income from Tourism, including handicraft sales but with embroidery . Many pieces were of considerable age when bought so exact age cannot be verified as with many ethnic pieces . The Akha are a hill tribe of subsistence farmers known for their artistry. Most of the remaining Akha people are now distributed in small villages among the mountains of China , Laos (where they are considered Lao Sung), Burma.  These are from  northern Thailand, where they are one of the six main hill tribes.The pieces are mainly hand woven/vegetable dyed/hand sewn/hand embroidered etc Postage is a guestimate if very wrong will refund but due to packing posts as a parcel/packet. All pieces are being listed at 1980's cost price where known and a good guess where forgotten or import paperwork is missing so bargains to be had . Much is museum or collector level but would be just as happy at a local festival being hand made to use. . . .COLD WASH BY HAND ONLY.

 
  Items can be seen and tried on at my shop Heatons in Tisbury please say first and will bring down to the shop and will then be post free of course To contact me directly over any item shown here simply email me as preferable to telephone calls  when I may be working click here :-email