Hand made. Woven palm-leaf hand purse. Used in 1940's era. Very intricate work was done. Those days Indian ladies usually doing embroidery, beads work or palm leaf weaving during their spare time. These will represent their skills and brought-up way. Cooking is not a only requirement needed for ladies olden days. They should have some other skills such as weaving, embroidering and etc.
The Tamil Treasure blog was established on July 2011 to showcase information of the items collected to everyone and build bridges of understanding and friendship with our multicultural society. Through informative materials, special events and cultural sharing that this blog has received multiple positive feedbacks on its representation of contemporary Indian culture as well as preservation of the old and treasured. All the items showcased in this blog are for our own references.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Palm Leaf Hand Purse
Hand made. Woven palm-leaf hand purse. Used in 1940's era. Very intricate work was done. Those days Indian ladies usually doing embroidery, beads work or palm leaf weaving during their spare time. These will represent their skills and brought-up way. Cooking is not a only requirement needed for ladies olden days. They should have some other skills such as weaving, embroidering and etc.
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