object

Ceremonial huipil

In Focus

Sacred textile (mawa') depicting tadpoles and water buffalo

Cultures & Traditions

Weaving Ranks & Status in Iban Society

Materials & Techniques

Heading

Materials & Techniques

Plain Weave

Materials & Techniques

Warp-Faced

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

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

object

Square Textile Brocade with Bird and Flower Motif

object

Square Textile Brocade with Bird and Flower Motif

In Focus

Shroud or ceremonial hanging (Papori to Noling)

Materials & Techniques

Supplementary warp

Materials & Techniques

Tapestry

object

Brocaded Rectangular Panel of Virgin and Child

Materials & Techniques

Stick Shuttle

Materials & Techniques

Warp

In Focus

Skirt (lawo butu), 1983.100

In Focus

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

Materials & Techniques

Warping

Times & Places

Flores

Materials & Techniques

Stem Stitch

Materials & Techniques

Dovetail Cord

Materials & Techniques

Gauze Weave

In Focus

Woman's tubular garment (tais feto)

Materials & Techniques

Dovetail Stake

Materials & Techniques

Tenter

object

Tree of Hours (L'albero delle ore)

object

Mirror

Materials & Techniques

Sword (Textiles)

In Focus

Sacred textile (sarita), 1983.120

Materials & Techniques

Interlooping

In Focus

Shroud or ceremonial hanging (sekomandi), 1983.126