Kiran - Vintage Banjara bag

• Hand embroidered cotton, mirror work and cowrie shell trim and tassels.
• Genuine wear consistent with age - not a flaw, just fifty years of a life already lived.
• Vintage, 1970s.
• Wide - 19cm.
• Deep (base and sides) - 18cm.
• High - 27cm.
• Strap length - 67cm.

Same, same, different. Like sona, kiran comes from the nomadic Banjara women of Rajasthan, carrying needlecraft passed down through generations - centuries old, not decades. mirrors sewn in to catch the light and ward off evil spirits. cowrie shells along the edges for prosperity. Clothes like this were traditionally worked into a dowry bag, made by a woman for her own future. No two are ever the same - the Banjara believe perfection invites pride, so a little imperfection is always left in, deliberately. Then there's the age on top of that - a mirror set slightly askew, a thread gone soft with handling. We wouldn't smooth any of it out.

Worn cross body, sitting higher and neater than sona's slouch. pairs with almost nothing else - let her carry the outfit on her own.

Spot clean only, very gently. keep dry and out of direct sun - the mirrors and thread will only get more character with age, not less. store flat or hanging, never folded on the embroidery.