object

Ceremonial huipil

Cultures & Traditions

Weaving Ranks & Status in Iban Society

In Focus

Sacred textile (mawa') depicting tadpoles and water buffalo

Materials & Techniques

Plain Weave

Materials & Techniques

Warp-Faced

Materials & Techniques

Heading

Materials & Techniques

Lienzo

Materials & Techniques

Kente: Process

In Focus

Shroud or ceremonial hanging (Papori to Noling)

Materials & Techniques

Dovetail Join

In Focus

Double tubular sacred textile (mawa'), 2007.47

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (tampan), 2000.357

Materials & Techniques

Brocaded

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (tampan), 1983.75

Materials & Techniques

Float copy

Materials & Techniques

Supplementary-Weft Patterning

In Focus

Man's shoulder or hip cloth (hinggi)

Materials & Techniques

Complementary-Warp Weave

In Focus

Skirt (lawo butu), 1990.205

In Focus

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

Materials & Techniques

Weft-Faced

Materials & Techniques

Tapestry Join

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (tampan), 1990.201

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (tampan), 1983.76

object

Square Textile Brocade with Bird and Flower Motif

object

Square Textile Brocade with Bird and Flower Motif

Materials & Techniques

Tapestry

Materials & Techniques

Tapestry Weave

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (pua) with monitor lizards slumbering on watchtowers (bandau bepadung)

In Focus

Sacred textile (sarita), 1983.122

Materials & Techniques

Float

Materials & Techniques

Countered

Materials & Techniques

Stem Stitch

In Focus

Woman's skirts (Kain kebat), 1983.135 and 1983.137

In Focus

Skirt (lawo butu), 1983.100

Materials & Techniques

Warping

Materials & Techniques

Warp

Times & Places

Flores

object

Brocaded Rectangular Panel of Virgin and Child

Materials & Techniques

Stick Shuttle