object

Ceremonial huipil

Cultures & Traditions

Weaving Ranks & Status in Iban Society

In Focus

Sacred textile (mawa') depicting tadpoles and water buffalo

Materials & Techniques

Heading

Materials & Techniques

Supplementary-Weft Patterning

Materials & Techniques

Float copy

In Focus

Man's shoulder or hip cloth (hinggi)

Materials & Techniques

Plain Weave

Materials & Techniques

Warp-Faced

Materials & Techniques

Lienzo

Materials & Techniques

Kente: Process

In Focus

Shroud or ceremonial hanging (Papori to Noling)

Materials & Techniques

Supplementary warp

object

Brocaded Rectangular Panel of Virgin and Child

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (tampan), 2000.357

In Focus

Double tubular sacred textile (mawa'), 2007.47

Materials & Techniques

Dovetail Join

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (tampan), 1983.75

Materials & Techniques

Brocaded

Materials & Techniques

Stick Shuttle

In Focus

Woman's tubular garment (tais feto)

Materials & Techniques

Dovetail Stake

Materials & Techniques

Gauze Weave

Materials & Techniques

Dovetail Cord

Materials & Techniques

Tenter

object

Mirror

object

Tree of Hours (L'albero delle ore)

Materials & Techniques

Weft-Faced

In Focus

Skirt (lawo butu), 1990.205

In Focus

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

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (tampan), 1990.201

In Focus

Ceremonial cloth (tampan), 1983.76

Materials & Techniques

Complementary-Warp Weave

Materials & Techniques

Tapestry Join

Materials & Techniques

Interlooping

In Focus

Shroud or ceremonial hanging (sekomandi), 1983.126

In Focus

Sacred textile (sarita), 1983.120

Materials & Techniques

Warp-Patterned Weave

Materials & Techniques

Twill Weave

Materials & Techniques

Sword (Textiles)