Description

Contemporary use:
A contemporary purse with zipper, useful for keeping loose change. This purse has a half-rectangular 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: 11 cm (w) top x 10.3 cm (w) bottom x 7cm (h)
Width of strips: 0.3 cm
Material: bemban (Donnax sp), metal zipper & cloth bias tape

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

© Pictures by Intan Shafinaz Suhaimi