Ikat Silk Babydoll Dress - Tunic tshirts Your purchase helps support “Encourage

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and hand embroidered with with silk threads by extremely skilled artisans in Uzbekistan

This vintage lapis lazuli necklace from Afghanistan is composed of three strands of rich lapis lazuli beads

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Ikat Silk Babydoll Dress - Tunic tshirts Your purchase helps support “EncourageThis silk ikat dress is hand dyed, hand loomed and handmade by talented artisans in Uzbekistan. The name ikat is of Indonesian origin and means 'to tie or bind'. In Uzbekistan, the local name for ikat comes from the Farsi word 'abr', which means 'cloud', as the patterns on the fabrics often resemble clouds floating in the sky. Ikat is a resist dye weaving process, where bundles of unwoven threads always re bound tightly and intricately in certain