Hand Stitched Vintage Banjara Pillow India (17 x 17)

Hand Stitched Vintage Banjara Pillow India (17 x 17)Pillow repurposed from a vintage banjara bag. Banjara bags are used by the semi nomadic Banjara people of the Kutch. The Hindi word banjara means barren, an apt description for the landscape where they live and tend their cattle. (Banjara people are linked linguistically and genetically to modern day Roma people.) As a bag, now pillow, its large size would indicate its purpose: to hold tools and other important everyday objects. An insert (90 10

squares and a patterned border

Since the Taliban took control of the country

The background is a natural off white wool color with charcoal flower design

magenta pink

made from 100% piet jungle vines that grow wildly without any cultivation

This can also be worn as a scarf

Virgin statues draped with native blouses

Traditionally used by Khummu communities for straps

All of our inserts are high quality 90/10 White Goose Down & Feather insert with a natural casing

Knotted pile technique from natural dyed hand spun wool from a weaving association in southern Morocco

2018 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Fifteen years ago

From Mexico