Description
HAND-CRAFTED IN TAIWAN
Handmade thick denim interior round bag with hand woven and glass beads designs of significant Paiwan tribal symbols. Include back pocket, an adjustable shoulder strap, and an add-on purse handle for various occasion.
It is common for Paiwan tribe to use the symbol of sun and diamond shape (symbolize the skin pattern of Hundred Pacer Viper) in their crafts and artwork. Both the Sun and Snake is regarded as the creator god in the Paiwan creation myth. The Sun came to Earth to lay two eggs, and the Hundred Pacer viper hatched the eggs that turned into the first humans beings, the original ancestor of Paiwan tribe. Thus, jars with the carving of snakes pattern became a traditional inheritance for the high ranks nobles and aristocrats family within the tribe, the traditional symbols of reverence.
ARTIST
Known as “Ljavaus Handmade”, the artist took her ethnic indigenous surname as part of her brand name. With every individual comes a different perspective of beauty. Lajavaus’s brand represents “hope”, an unspoken message that aims to “inspire everyone to have the courage to try experience the different beautiful things in the world, and through this brave act of exploring the perspectives of beauty, one may hopefully discover one’s own confidence in the process”.
Ljavaus’s diverse creations include earrings, purses, bags, guitar bands, and hairpieces. She often applies the color, green, yellow, orange, and dangling silver pieces like chains and bells in her work to represent the colorful but rustic style common in the Paiwan tribe’s traditional cultural costumes. Ljavaus represents the indigenous Paiwan tribe living in Pingtung, southeast of Taiwan.
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MATERIALS
Ribbed Velvet exterior / Denim fabric interior / Glass beads / Magnetic brass button snap / Zipper / Brass hook and ring
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