Description

Contemporary use:
A contemporary purse with zipper, useful for keeping loose change. This purse has a half-moon shape.

The purse is mostly handwoven from bemban (Donnax sp) fibre, a freshwater reed found growing on river fringes. The body of the purse is woven in a traditional pattern, and trimmed with cloth bias tape.

Artisan: Manoi Jarau & others
Ethnic group: Iban (Dayak)

Dimensions: 10.6 cm (l) x 8 cm (h) x 4.5 cm (b)
Width of strips: 0.3 cm
Material: bemban (Donnax sp), zipper & cloth bias tape

Source: Seri Bemban Handkraf
Village: Kg. Entayan Keropok in Serian, Sarawak (East Malaysia)

© Pictures by Intan Shafinaz Suhaimi