object

Ceremonial huipil

Cultures & Traditions

Weaving Ranks & Status in Iban Society

In Focus

Sacred textile (mawa') depicting tadpoles and water buffalo

Materials & Techniques

Heading

In Focus

Man's shoulder or hip cloth (hinggi)

Materials & Techniques

Supplementary-Weft Patterning

Materials & Techniques

Float copy

Materials & Techniques

Kente: Process

Materials & Techniques

Lienzo

Materials & Techniques

Plain Weave

Materials & Techniques

Warp-Faced

In Focus

Shroud or ceremonial hanging (Papori to Noling)

object

Brocaded Rectangular Panel of Virgin and Child

Materials & Techniques

Stick Shuttle

Materials & Techniques

Brocaded

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (tampan), 2000.357

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (tampan), 1983.75

Materials & Techniques

Dovetail Join

In Focus

Double tubular sacred textile (mawa'), 2007.47

Materials & Techniques

Dovetail Cord

Materials & Techniques

Gauze Weave

In Focus

Woman's tubular garment (tais feto)

Materials & Techniques

Dovetail Stake

Materials & Techniques

Tenter

object

Mirror

object

Tree of Hours (L'albero delle ore)

Materials & Techniques

Supplementary warp

Materials & Techniques

Tapestry Join

Materials & Techniques

Complementary-Warp Weave

In Focus

Skirt (lawo butu), 1990.205

Materials & Techniques

Weft-Faced

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (tampan), 1990.201

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (tampan), 1983.76

In Focus

Ceremonial textile (pua) with brooding giant (gajah meram)

object

Square Textile Brocade with Bird and Flower Motif

object

Square Textile Brocade with Bird and Flower Motif

object

Man's shoulder or hip cloth (selimut)

object

Velvet Stole with Blue Background

Materials & Techniques

Bound-Warp Resist Dyed

Materials & Techniques

Indigo