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Balbisiana hat
This natural colour Panama hat is woven from residual balbisiana fibres, which are not used for the Basho cloth fabric. The trunk of Musa balbisiana is composed of 17 layers, with the 13 innermost layers being used for producing cloths. Sonoda Rie (daughter of Yasuhiro and Ritsuko Fukushima) uses the remaining raw material to knit hats.
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Yasuhiro & Ritsuko Fukushima
Nakijin, Japan
Yasuhiro and Ritsuko Fukushima have been running their dyeing and weaving atelier since 1992. Yasuhiro's studies in anthropology led him to the Okinaw ...
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