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  2. Textile arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    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). There were also weaves using two-strand and three-strand wefts.

  3. Akwete cloth - Wikipedia

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    In modern times Akwete weaving has become an activity and art that men and women, Akwete and foreigners alike participate in. Other local groups that have become practitioners of Akwete weaving are the River, Enugu, Ebony, and Benue states. In contrast to traditional Akwete standards, more men from the Benue state weave Akwete cloths than women.

  4. African textiles - Wikipedia

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    This African textile is used to weave the Ghanaian Smock. Queens, princesses and women of Dagbon wear the Chinchini. The weaving of the chinchini is done by the 'Kpaluu', one of the traditional professional in the Dagbon society that has existed until today. The smock made from the Chinchini of Dagbon is the most worn traditional cloth of Ghana.

  5. T'nalak - Wikipedia

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    T'nalak cloth is woven exclusively by women who have received the designs for the weave in their dreams, which they believe are a gift from Fu Dalu, the T'boli Goddess of abacá. [ 1 ] The rest of the community, including the men, are able to participate in the production of T'nalak by carefully selecting, stripping, and sun-drying the abacá ...

  6. Navajo weaving - Wikipedia

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    Both the Navajo and the Caucasus weavers worked under similar conditions and in similar styles, so it was relatively simple for them to incorporate Caucasus patterns such as an octagonal motif known as a gul. [14] Traders encouraged the locals to weave blankets and rugs into distinct styles.

  7. Chilkat weaving - Wikipedia

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    Yellow and black are dominant colors in the weavings, [6] as is the natural buff color of the undyed wool. Blue can be a secondary color. [ 8 ] Looms used in Chilkat weaving only have a top frame and vertical supports, with no bottom frame, so the warp threads hang freely.

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