Handicrafts of Asia

Company Description

Handicrafts of Asia is probably a misnomer: Asia is just to big and varied to be covered by one site. It is probably more correct to say Southeast Asia or Indochina as this is where most of these handicrafts have come from. Indochina has a recorded history that goes back more than 2500 years and over that time geographic areas have become renowned for certain types of handicraft. Handicrafts generally arose from age-old village realities and the rites associated with birth, death, and the seasonal cycle of crop cultivation. Each item reflects the life, culture and spirit of the area because each village produces wares which reflect the life of people in that village and the local availability of raw materials. In these pages you will find an eclectic mix of art and oddity, treasure and trash, and certainly something that will appeal to the inner you. Handcrafted pieces from Burma (Myanmar) , Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia and the Malay Peninsula. Please feel free to browse around. If you need help just click on & quot; Contact Us & quot; and Handicrafts of Asia will get back to you, usually on the same day. Please understand that each piece we sell is one of a kind. Each piece is a hand made original therefore colour, size, weight or pattern may be different from the online catalogue. While no two pieces can be exactly the same they can, and will, have the same quality of craftsmanship.