A gift for La Mav friends, in preservation of traditional crafts...
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What does it take to make a rattan clutch? You will be surprised to learn that weaving rattan baskets or bags takes at least 3 months, due to time spent on harvesting and prepping of rattan. Can we have the rattan coloured? You could...
The colouring & the travelling...
The process started much earlier this year, when the team at La Mav wanted a sustainable bag - not a plastic bag, came across Tanoti's Community Initiatives which aims to preserve the intricate Penan Rattan Craft Products. The measurements were decided and then the hardwork came... Tanoti's Director & Co-Founder, Ms Jacquline Fong, travelled more than 4 hours in her 4WD into the deep forest of Sarawak on monthly basis for community initiatives project. |
This time, she brings home not just the finished rattan crafts but also raw rattan splits back to the Tanoti House in Kuching to be coloured. The Penan do have black coloured rattans by boiling daun kemawah leaves and burying the rattan splits with mud overnight to make black-dyed rattan, a prominent colour in Penan rattan craft. For the rattan to have other colours, the splits were brought home to Kuching to be processed. and then back into the deep forest the next trip to be distributed to the Penan ladies for weaving.
The weavers had their basketry tradition passed down for generations and through Tanoti, they are able to raise their standards and create pieces that are marketable to the urban dwellers.
The weavers had their basketry tradition passed down for generations and through Tanoti, they are able to raise their standards and create pieces that are marketable to the urban dwellers.
Image from Tanoti: Penan Settlements in Sarawak
The artwork
Our collaboration, La Mav X Tanoti for this Christmas brings to you TEN (10) pieces of handwoven clutches made by the Penan ladies. By purchasing these bags, we helped the Penan thrive and sustain by their own income from creating rattan craft in Sarawak's remote forest communities and once again brings a live the craft of rattan.
Our collaboration, La Mav X Tanoti for this Christmas brings to you TEN (10) pieces of handwoven clutches made by the Penan ladies. By purchasing these bags, we helped the Penan thrive and sustain by their own income from creating rattan craft in Sarawak's remote forest communities and once again brings a live the craft of rattan.
The contribution
La Mav X Tanoti clutches complimentary with La Mav purchase >RM800 in a single receipt; you will receive your code to claim your bags after your purchase.
Should you only wish to purchase the clutches on its own, these are retailing at RM198/each with full contribution towards Tanoti cause. You could also get them at RM100/each with La Mav purchase > RM600.
Please remark on your La Mav purchases should you wish to purchase these clutches and we will be contacting you for the purchase.
La Mav X Tanoti clutches complimentary with La Mav purchase >RM800 in a single receipt; you will receive your code to claim your bags after your purchase.
Should you only wish to purchase the clutches on its own, these are retailing at RM198/each with full contribution towards Tanoti cause. You could also get them at RM100/each with La Mav purchase > RM600.
Please remark on your La Mav purchases should you wish to purchase these clutches and we will be contacting you for the purchase.
