Peruvian textile traditions

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Maldhari tribespeople

India’s Gujarat state is home to the Maldhari tribespeople, semi-nomadic herders who spend eight months of the year criss-crossing sparse pasturelands with their sheep, goats, cows, buffalo, and camels in a quest for fodder.

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Tibetan yak-wool

Yak-lux

Norlha

Tanzanian and Burundian beautiful women

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Fabrica Social

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Natural dye

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Embroidering daily life

MAPULA (Mother of Rain) Embroidery Project, a community art venture aimed at generating income for economically disadvantaged women.

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Benin blues

The color indigo is said to help us rise above fear and frustration, and is the color of faith and fairness

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Uzbekistan - little easy shop

becoocooned

Meet the master weaver

great article in hand eye magazine

textile museum of canada

Western India, Gujarat - shawl
Peru, Cuzco, Pitumarca
Pakistan, Northwest Frontier Province, Swat - wedding shirt

mexico poncho
peru poncho
peru
Hungary, Budapest

uzbekistan
Northern India
Berber, Ait Ouaouzguite tribe hooded robe India - Bed cover

connecting cloth, culture and art

Bolivia

at loopy mango

Welsh - all woollen tapestry bedcover

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India - vintage kantha throws

These kantha throws are from a store called

Mella and Roam

Made in Bengal from layers of vintage cotton saris, each throw is reversible and one-of-a-kind. Kantha is the ancient Indian art of hand embroidery and refers to the 'running stitch' used to bind several layers of cloth.

Pouf!

hand-stitched pouf from vintage reclaimed materials at

One Kings Lane

Indigo-dyed cotton cloth

Men's hand spun indigo-dyed cotton ground wrapper cloth collected in a village in the vicinity of Bondoukou in northeast Côte D'Ivoire

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Beautiful textile collection

Sumatra Beadwork Indochina Central Asia North Africa

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Handwoven traditional Turkish kilim

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