Cotton table runner, 'Tribal Spirit' Review
Cotton table runner, 'Tribal Spirit' Feature
- Handmade by Aphi Mina
- Ships from Thailand within 7 days
- Dry cleaning recommended
- Color(s) may vary slightly
- Motif(s) may vary slightly
NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, offers thousands of limited edition and one-of-a-kind gifts, jewelry, and home decor treasures handmade by master artists and artisans throughout the world. Nine panels reveal tribal motifs, in this exquisite table runner by Aphi Mina. Handloomed cotton is embroidered and appliqued with fine stitches and intricate designs. The work is representative of textiles from Thailand's Akha tribe and beautifully showcases Mina's skill. Coins adorn each corner. Aphi Mina crafts these textiles like a painter would, each piece representing something that occurs around her at the time. So no two pieces are alike [although they are in essence similar to the picture]. If she wakes up in the morning, after having dreamed of pink elephants, she might just decide to incorporate part (either with a new motif or new color) of this dream in the piece. Because of her age and her unique situation as a keeper of traditional arts, Novica allows for greater variance in her works than with other artists. Artisan Info: "I am an Akha woman, from a hill tribe that originally lived in the mountains of China, Laos, Myanmar and northern Thailand. I was born in Myanmar in the 1920s. When war broke out there in the 1960s, my husband was killed. With my son's family and some relatives, we came to Thailand. For a long time we lived near the border, but it got very crowded with refugees there, so eventually we moved further south. We have been living here for almost
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