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What Karen Hill Tribe Silver Actually Is

August 21, 2026August 17, 2026 by Wataru Otsubo
Melting granulated silver in a crucible at a Karen workshop in Lamphun, northern Thailand

Karen hill tribe silver is sold worldwide as ancient tribal craft. I spent a day in the village that makes it and found two very different accounts of where it came from.

Categories Chiang Mai Tags crafts, ethical travel, hill tribes
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