Clarkes Antiques. . . Akha Belt

Akha Belt

Vegetable dyed of some age , has burmese coins of the 1940/50's  and  cowrie shells    £35 inc delivery

  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 a long trip to the Akha people and 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 upon machine made fabrics Many peices 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 , Burma, and northern Thailand, where they are one of the six main hill tribes and these came from . 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