Handbag – Venda

Our Handbag - Venda in black leather, made from a 100% South African Cow Leather, combined with a multi colour tribal design woven fabric. We use a premium quality leather with a wax coated finish to make this bag. This wax coated leather helps to repel water drops off the leather, hence making it more water resistant.

We also use South African Shweshwe fabric to line the interior of our Handbags for strength and style. This Handbag - Venda comes with a durable metal zip at the top for the purpose of securing all your personal belongings inside. As well as another zip pocket inside for smaller items. All NAVA Apparel bags are handmade by South African craftswomen.

Artist Inspiration: The Venda Collection designed to represent the Venda people of South Africa. Venda people also a Bantu group native to Southern Africa living mostly near the Zimbabwean border. Their history starts from the Kingdom of Mapungubwe, with their first King Shiriyadenga and the first Venda settlement, that of legendary chief Thoho-ya-Ndou (Head of the Elephant) in the Soutpansberg. The remains of his royal kraal, D’zata, also declared a National Monument. See our Venda Collection Here.

Shweshwe a printed cotton fabric widely used for traditional South African clothing. The fabric manufactured in a variety of colours and printing designs characterised by intricate geometric patterns. Shweshwe described as the denim of South Africa. This fabric traditionally used to make dresses, aprons and wraparound clothing. Shweshwe clothing traditionally worn by newly married Xhosa women, known as makoti, and married Sotho women. Xhosa women also incorporated the fabric into their traditional ochre-coloured blanket clothing. Aside from traditional wear, shweshwe used in contemporary South African fashion design for women and men from all ethnic groups, as well as for making accessories and upholstery.

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