Collection Stories

From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Sacred Wrapper from Indonesia

Post author By GW Museum
Post date August 21, 2020

Sacred wrapper (kamben cepuk), Indonesia (Bali or Nusa Penida), Balinese people, 20th century. Cotton; weft-faced plain weave, weft ikat; 220 x 79 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1961.8.8. Museum purchase.

All East Asia

Qing Dynasty Cushion Cover from China

Post author By GW Museum
Post date August 14, 2020

Cushion cover, China, 19th century, Silk and metal-wrapped yarns; slit tapestry weave; 70 x 77 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1964.54.1.

All Oceania

Masibolabola from Fiji

Post author By GW Museum
Post date August 7, 2020

Rectangular cloth with geometric patterning in black and off-white

Ceremonial panel (masibolabola), Fiji, Cakaudrove district, c. 1900. Beaten bast fiber, painted with pigment; 91 x 70 cm. Cotsen Textile Collection T-3133.

All Indigenous Americas

Incan Khipu from Peru

Post author By GW Museum
Post date July 31, 2020

Khipu, Peru, Inca culture, 1400-1532. Dyed and knotted cotton cordage, 145 x 155 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-1191.

All East Asia

Manchu Robe from China

Post author By GW Museum
Post date July 24, 2020

Woman’s robe (changyi), China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), Guangxu period (1871-1908). Silk and metal-wrapped yarns; slit tapestry weave; 137 x 122 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2007.13.4. Donated by Elizabeth Ickes.