Page from Book of Okinawan Textiles: Nafa, Okinawa Main I., Cotton, Ordinary Cloth

The cloth is worn as a wraparound skirt by important Bushoong women during rituals and ceremonies. Often the cloth is wrapped with a band or belt around the top, over which the clo...

362-187Hopi woven belt, faja (TK); wool; l. 239 cm., w. 9 cm.; ca. 1880.\Such belts were usually used by women to secure their dress, but on ceremonial occasions men adopted these ...

A men's cloth (hinggi), consisting of two weaves sewn together. On the cloth are skull trees and horses. The central band shows the 'patola ratu' motif, a motif inspired by the pat...

674-3, 6°Kachina dance sash (in two halves); ta-kun-i-kwi-kya-tsi-napa, or kâkâthléom (TK); cotton, wool, pigments; l. 102 cm. (without fringe), w. 26.5 cm.; ca. 1880.‖ The oldest ...

A men's cloth (hinggi), consisting of two weaves sewn together. On the cloth are Queen Wilhelmina, the Dutch lion and the Dutch flag. The cloth is finished on the short sides with ...

A man's cloth with mamuli motifs on the edge. The mamuli is an omega shaped ear ornament and a symbol of female sexuality. In the Kodi district, the iconography of the cloths refer...

A men's cloth (hinggi), consisting of two weaves sewn together. On the cloth there are trees and horses. The cloth is finished on the short sides with a so-called 'kabakil', a wove...

A man's cloth (hinggi), consisting of two weaves sewn together. On the cloth human figures with headdress, horses and deer are depicted. The central motif refers to motifs on patol...