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About this item: Embroidered by hand, pink poppies bloom on a generous sling tote. Jakkarin Yakhet works in black cotton, adding an inner pocket with zipper to this trendy shoulder bag. - Features a magnetic button closure
- Dry clean or hand wash
About our Artist: Sawad dee krub. My name is Jakkarin Yakhet and I was born on 22 July 1967 in Mae-Hong-Sorn. I am from the Lisu hill tribe, and I am the youngest of five siblings. I come from a family of farmers and gardeners. My father and my older brother work hard in the fields, and my mother and my sister weave fabrics and make hill tribe handicrafts like key chains and decorative motifs for handbags and shoulder bags. I used to help my father in the field, as well as my mother, by making fabrics and sewing costumes. I learned to make Lisu handicrafts and woodcarvings when I was young. In our family we get on well with each other, we love and care for each other. I left school at grade four, and then I tried to read and write by myself. I moved to Chiang Mai after I got married, and we had a daughter. I worked hard but earned a small income to provide for my family. Then I met a friend who found a job for me in the border between Thailand and Burma. I worked as a carpenter as well as a security guard for a camp. However, there had been some fighting between the Burmese army and a minority group, and there were many killed. I couldn't return home or contact my family for two years - they thought I was dead. When I finally made it back home, I found that my wife had remarried and had started a new family in Samaeng District. I decided to leave and start all over again. I took on...
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