Tribal Costume

Short Akha jacket

A lovely traditional jacket with a side fastening front and a hand stitched embroidered back.

Size across chest 52 cms.

Chinese jacket with stud work

Blue cotton jacket with hand embroidered details on collar and sleeves, and metal stud work in a curve across the front. From south westwern China.

Length 56 cms Width across back 57 cms.

Pleated H'mong woman's skirt

A wonderful deep indigo blue hemp skirt fully pleated with hand drawn batik and appliqued strips and squares in red and white.

This traditional skirt is fully around 5m in width at the hem. It is open at the back with long waist ties. It could be made into a wearable skirt (or two!) or make a beautiful circular display.

Indigo pleated skirt

A wonderful cotton pleated skirt from the Miao minority women of Guizhou province in south western China. Natural indigo and hand drawn batik.

Batik coat

A wonderful indigo coat with hand drawn traditional designs front and back. Lined with pale indigo. From the Miao people of Guizhou Province, China.

Size: Length 110 cms, width across back 72 cms

Akha Jacket

Beautiful hand woven indigo cotton jacket with incredibly finely hand stitched panels on the back. Bought from the Akha woman who made it in a village in Sichuanbanna, Yunnan, China. All sewn by hand.

Width (across back) 46 cms Length 65 cms

M'iao Satin jacket with folded patchwork

A burgundy red satin jacket with incredible details on the front and sleeve panels of intricate folded patchwork, weaving and raised hand embroidered stitch work.

Large size