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Napapat of Thailand utilizes the unique silversmithing skills of Karen hill tribe artisans in creating this bracelet. The olive green cords are hand-braided, and then adorned with triangular 950 silver beads. The central bead features etched and carved motifs. A sliding knot ensures the perfect fit.

Napapat of Thailand utilizes the unique silversmithing skills of Karen hill tribe artisans in creating this bracelet. The olive green cords are hand-braided, and then adorned with triangular 950 silver beads. The central bead features etched and carved motifs. A sliding knot ensures the perfect fit.

Napapat of Thailand utilizes the unique silversmithing skills of Karen hill tribe artisans in creating this bracelet. The blue cords are hand-braided, and then adorned with triangular 950 silver beads. The central bead features etched and carved motifs. A sliding knot ensures the perfect fit.

Originally from Yunan in China, Akha people live in Thailand's northern hills. Akha women are well known for their spectacular traditional costumes which include a headdress, a jacket worn over a halter-like garment, a short skirt, a sash with decorated ends, and leggings. Akha artisan Thikaporn is proud to present this stunning headdress, hand-crafted by her own mother, Sadaporn. She adorns the cotton headdress with myriad aluminium beads and pendants, as well as Thai coins dating from 1952 to 1965. Brightly coloured beads carved of little leaf boxwood and glass, as well as feathers, complete the stunning design of this headdress.

The Akha people are a proud and timeless culture, struggling to preserve their ancestral values through their traditional skills and knowledge. Akhas believe in continuity and see themselves as a link in the chain of life, which includes birth, procreation, the preservation of the Akha way of life – which venerates family life – and death, seen as a meeting with their ancestors.

Akha artisan Thikaporn is proud to present this stunning headdress, hand-crafted by her own mother, Sadaporn. She adorns the cotton headdress with an aluminum trapezoid cap as well as beads and pendants. A waterfall of Thai coins dating from 1952 to 1965 is flanked by multicolored beads carved of little leaf boxwood and glass. Colorful feathers complete the stunning design of this headdress.

Originally from Yunan in China, Akha people live in Thailand's northern hills. Akha women are well known for their spectacular traditional costumes which include a headdress, a jacket worn over a halter-like garment, a short skirt, a sash with decorated ends, and leggings. Akha people are a proud and timeless culture, struggling to preserve their ancestral values through their traditional skills and knowledge. Akhas believe in continuity and see themselves as a link in the chain of life, which includes birth, procreation, the preservation of the Akha way of life – which venerates family life – and death, seen as a meeting with their ancestors.