From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Category: Southeast Asia

Mantle from Java

Post author By GW Museum
Post date June 25, 2021

Mantle (samir) (detail; Indonesia, Java, Surakarta; 1870-79. Silk; supplementary-warp pile, appliqué; 116 x 5 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1979.6.22. Gift of K. R. T. Hardjonagoro.

All Southeast Asia

Iban Jacket from Malaysia

Post author By GW Museum
Post date June 4, 2021

Jacket (kalambi); Malaysia, Sarawak; Iban people; late 19th or early 20th century. Cotton, beads; sungkit (discontinuous supplementary weft wrapping); 50 x 41 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2016.15.12. Gift of Barbara G. and David W. Fraser.

All Southeast Asia

Ceremonial Textile from Bali

Post author By GW Museum
Post date April 30, 2021

Ceremonial textile (lamak) (detail); Indonesia, Bali; early 20th century. Silk, metallic thread; supplementary weft weave; 68 x 16 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0822.

All Southeast Asia

Yao Hat from Thailand

Post author By GW Museum
Post date February 5, 2021

Hat, Thailand, Yao people, 20th century. Cotton, aluminum discs; cross-stitch embroidery; 14 x 22 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2017.3.1. Gift of Gretchen Primack.

All Southeast Asia

Scarf from the Philippines

Post author By GW Museum
Post date October 2, 2020

Scarf (pañuelo), Philippines, 19th century. Piña fiber; plain weave, embroidery, drawn thread work; 50 x 119 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1996.18.15. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Wagner White.