This voluminous handbag was fashioned for us by skillful Vietnamese artisans of vintage Hmong handwoven textiles featuring various traditional techniques: hand batik dying, hand embroidery and hand appliquées. The cloth was originally made as a woman's garment, a Hmong woman's skirt. When the garment wore out the fabric was preserved and repurposed. This textile is a beautiful and labor-intensive example of traditional Vietnamese Hmong textile manufacture, an artistic style which is disappearing. The handle is of soft leather.

23" wide, 14 1/2" deep (58 x 37 cm), 26" long (66 cm) including handle