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.
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Textile Fragment from Iran
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.
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Textile Fragment from Peru
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.
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.
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Mola Blouse from Panama
Mola blouse; Panama, San Blas Islands; 20th century. Cotton; machine woven, plain weave, appliqué. The Textile Museum Collection 2000.24.85. Ann Parker and Avon Neal Mola Collection, given jointly with the Neals by Frederick C. Seibold, Jr.