Wild liana bag with leather handles, hand crocheted

Karawan collaborates with the Museum of Ethnology of Luang Prabang which supports the artisanal work of minorities, in order to preserve cultural diversity
 

The Khumu live in the forest villages in the northwest of Laos, near Burma, which are very difficult to access.

Their income depends on their know-how in processing plant fibers. They are known for making wild liana bags, extremely resistant which are used to transport heavy loads like wood.

Women carry these burdens the straps on the forehead.

The crochet work is very delicate.

We had to harvest the fiber, isolate it from the rest of the bark, spin it, crochet it.

This range is the result of unique know-how.