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ANDEAN TEXTILES
tribal clothing  tribal baby carrier hill tribe textile tribal jewelry tribal crafts

B3 - "Horse Hair" Shui Baby Carrier
Guizhou, China.

Price: $480

Horse Hair Baby Carrier
Miao Whorl Baby Carrier

B5 - Miao Baby Carrier
Guizhou, China.

Price: $200

B6 - Miao Baby Carrier
Guizhou, China.

Price: $200

Miao Whorl Baby Carrier
Zhuang Baby Carrier

B7 - Zhuang Baby Carrier
Yunnan, China.

Price: $240

B8 - Zhuang Baby Carrier
Yunnan, China.

Price: $280

Zhuang
Miao Baby Carrier

B9 - Miao Baby Carrier
Guizhou, China.

Price: $200

B11 - Dong Baby Carrier
Guangxi, China.

Price: $200

Dong Baby Carrier
Dong Baby Carrier

B12 - Dong Baby Carrier
Guangxi, China.

Price: $260

B14 - Dong Baby Carrier
Guizhou, China.

Price: $400

Dong Baby Carrier
Dong Baby Carrier

B15 - Dong Baby Carrier
Guizhou, China.

Price: $320

B16 - Ge Baby Carrier
Guizhou, China.

Price: $70

Miao Baby Carrier
Miao Baby Carrier

B17 - Black Miao Baby Carrier
Guizhou, China.

Price: $250

B18 - Flower Miao Baby Carrier
Guizhou, China.

Price: Sold!

Miao Baby Carrier
Miao Nandan Baby Carrier

B19 - Miao Baby Carrier
Nandan, Guangxi, China.

Price: $300

B20 - Miao "Twist and Couching" Baby Carrier
Guizhou, China.

Price: $240

Miao "Twist and Couching" Baby Carrier
Miao "Twist and Couching" Baby Carrier

B21 - Miao "Twist and Couching"Baby Carrier
Guizhou, China.

Price: $280

B22 - Miao Baby Carrier
Zhen Feng. Guizhou, China.

Price: $250

Miao Baby Carrier
Miao Baby Carrier

B23 - Miao Baby Carrier
Qianxi, Guizhou, China.

Price: $200

B24 - Miao Baby Carrier
Quanxi, Guizhou, China.

Price: $180

Miao Qianxi Baby Carrier
Miao Baby Carrier

B25 - Miao Baby Carrier
Quanxi, Guizhou, China.

Price: $180

B26 - Miao Baby Carrier
Rongjiang. Guizhou, China.

Price: $180

Miao Hundread Bird Baby Carrier
Miao Baby Carrier

B27 - Miao Baby Carrier. Geyi

 

B29 - Miao Baby Carrier

Price: $140

Miao Baby Carrier
Miao Baby Carrier

B30 - Miao Baby Carrier from Guiding

Price: $100

B31 - Hmong Baby Carrier
Vietnam

Price: $200

Hmong Baby Carrier

To inherit the oustanding historical cultural legacies of the hill tribes people, EthnoEcho offers you the unique pieces selected for quality, authenticity and value.

Hill tribe women in general draw on a staggering array of decorative devices from both the natural world and the modern. These combinations may startle uninitiated visitors, but they soon find that their aesthetic sense, in the tribal environment, quickly accepts the local norms. And they leave with the feeling that traditional dress makes even tribal "plain Janes" look fetching. When city women go shopping for clothes and jewelry they purchase ready-made items. Hill women make their own outfits and only buy the components. Some tribal women weave their own cloth as well. They weavers lay in decorative patterns while the cloth is still on the loom. Sometimes they weave belts and shoulder-bag cloth, but buy the the main costume parts in bolts of different colors. Some do not weave, but like the Hmong/Miao are meticulous embroiderers.

Girls of all tribes become adept with spindles, needles and thread at an early age, not from any formal training, but just by copying what their big sisters and mothers are doing. In the most remote villages, where tribes have to make their own clothes because they can't afford to buy any, females of all ages spin thread whenever their hands are free and there's enough light from the sun, the moon or an oil lamp. And they learn to weave as soon as their legs are long enough to reach the threadles.

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