Purse

Name: Purse
Brand: Anou
SKU: 21685
Price: 46 USD
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SIZE

69cm x 29cm x 2cm — 2ft 3in x 11in x 1in

WEIGHT

200 g

MATERIALS

Cotton Thread and Blended Cotton and Wool Thread

PRODUCT ID

#21685

The association creates simple bistams, or purses, in multiple shapes and sizes. The women use a loom to create a very narrow carpet using the ‘tazrbit’ or the ‘hanbal’ style and then sew it together to create the small purse.

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Fatima Oukhallou Mimoun

Fatima Oukhlu Fatima was born in Ait Hamza during the 1960’s. She was born into a poor family and never went to school because when she was younger only boys could attend school. Instead of school, Fatima learned how to weave and sold her weavings to notable people in her village and also sold rugs from time to time to cover the costs of food and clothing for her family. When she married, she furnished her new home entirely with rugs that she created by hand. Since the family she married into didn’t have a flock of sheep as many families did at the time, she continued to weave to help support her family. She joined Association Tithrite in order to generate more income from her work, and she has been at the association since it began.

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