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2. Textile arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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   The fabric had turned into peat, but was still identifiable. Many bodies at the site had been wrapped in fabric before burial. Eighty-seven pieces of fabric were found associated with 37 burials. Researchers have identified seven different weaves in the fabric. One kind of fabric had 26 strands per inch (10 strands per centimeter).

3. African textiles - Wikipedia

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   The raphia stitches are then removed from the dyed cloth to reveal the pattern of white resist against a blue background. The patterns used range from geometric tribal motifs to figurative patterns of humans and animals. Clamp resist dyeing is used by the Kuba. Raphia panels are folded to form a cube and then clamped and dip dyed.

4. Bògòlanfini - Wikipedia

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   The dye technique is associated with several Malian ethnic groups, but the Bamana version has become best known outside Mali. In the Bambara language, the word bògòlanfini is a composite of bɔgɔ, meaning "earth" or "mud"; lan, meaning "with" or "by means of"; and fini, meaning "cloth". [4]

5. Mola (art form) - Wikipedia

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   By 1907, the traditional costume of a Guna woman consists of a patterned blue cotton wrapped skirt, red and yellow headscarf, arm and leg beads, gold nose rings and earrings and the many layered and finely sewn mola panel blouse. [1] The artistry of a mola reflects a synthesis of traditional Guna culture with the influences of the modern world.

6. Shweshwe - Wikipedia

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   Sotho woman wearing a brown shweshwe dress. Shweshwe (/ ˈ ʃ w ɛ ʃ w ɛ /) [1] is a printed dyed cotton fabric widely used for traditional Southern African clothing. [2] [3] Originally dyed indigo, the fabric is manufactured in a variety of colours and printing designs characterised by intricate geometric patterns.

7. Sarong - Wikipedia

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   This consists of a length of fabric about a yard (0.91 m) wide and two-and-a-half yards (2.3 m) long. In the center of this sheet, across the narrower width, a panel of contrasting color or pattern about one foot wide is woven or dyed into the fabric, which is known as the kepala or "head" of the sarong. This sheet is stitched at the narrower ...