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Furnishing Fragment from Morocco

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Post date August 13, 2025

Furnishing fragment; Morocco, Chefchaouén; 18th century. Linen, silk; embroidered; 17 x 46 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-1528.

Africa All

Feather Headdress from Cameroon

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Post date July 9, 2025

Feather headdress (“tyn” or “juju” hat); Cameroon, Grasslands region, Bamileke people; 20th century. Raffia crown embellished with grey parrot feather, 38 x 33 dia cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2017.14.15. Gift of Gail Martin.

All Islamic World

Textile Fragment from Iran

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Post date June 25, 2025

Ghiyath al-Din Ali, textile fragment; Iran, Yazd; c. 1675-1725. Silk, metallic-wrapped silk; integrated weave structures, supplementary-weft patterning, satin weave, twill weave; 51 x 69 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 3.312. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1952.

All Indigenous Americas

Textile Fragment from Peru

Post author By GW Museum
Post date May 14, 2025

Textile fragment, Chavín style, Peru, Early Horizon (900-200 BCE). Cotton; painting, plain weave; 38 x 33 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1981.36.11D. Gift of James G. Pepper.

All Southeast Asia

Funerary Garment from Laos or Vietnam

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Post date April 9, 2025

Funerary garment (suea hii) (inside out), northern Laos or northwest Vietnam, Tai culture, 20th century. Cotton, silk; supplementary weft, plain weave; 109 x 124 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2012.22.51. Gift of Ellison Banks Findly.