Hand Stitched Vintage Banjara Pillow India (24 x 24)

Hand Stitched Vintage Banjara Pillow India (24 x 24)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. Please note that this

and dry goods

Flowers in soft colors: pale peach

Cotton muslin cloth with embroidery of animals

We purchased these gems from a small family business in Santiago

dark olive

The sequin beads change color in different light

or “velas de concha - shell candles” as they were previously made with seashells to create the pattern and their shapes continue to be inspired by seashells

Handmade and handwoven leather shoulder bag beautifully blends sophisticated color with practical function

on top of a handwoven butter yellow wool cloth

Living in the lowland tropical forests

resulting in a cozy throw finished with knotted fringe ends

Handwoven Ait Abdellah 100% Wool Rug with hand spun yarn and natural dyes from a women's association in the high Atlas Mountains of Morocco