A Beautiful Old Komebukuro: Hand Stitched Drawstring Bag
$95.00 USD
late nineteenth, early twentieth century
5" x 7" x 7", 12.75 cm x 18 cm x 18 cm
This is an exceptionally lovely, rustic, small-sized drawstring bag that is hand sewn from about 18 pieces of beautiful hand loomed, old Japanese cottons.
This kind of piece-constructed, drawstring bag is often referred to as a komebukuro.
Komebukuro are bags that were used to bring token offerings of uncooked rice or beans to a temple or shrine festival, the piecing and patching often being thought-out and planned, for festive effect.
The indigo dyed twined drawstring seems to be original to the bag.
Recommended for its fine, antique cottons.