SUMMER TOTE | MADE IN VANUATU

The handle is made from a coconut shell 

These bags are made by woman who are a part of ‘The Women’s Export Association Vanuatu’. WEAV is a non-profit organisation committed to helping improve the livelihoods of women artisans through fair compensation for their handmade products that celebrate traditional skills and techniques that have been passed down from one generation to another. It takes up to a week to complete a hat i.e, weaving, blocking & sewing of sweatbands and hat bands. The hats are made of Pandanus which is collected off the trees raw, roasted over open fire, stripped and leftover night in water then dried in the sun to get its white colouring 🇻🇺