African Collections

Asian/Oceanian Collections

American Historical Collections

Latin American Collections

Musical Instrument Collections

Native American Collections

Photographic Collections

Textile Collections


Textile Collections


The textile collection, featuring over 400 pieces, contains a range of materials from Southern Indiana quilts to Tibetan thankas. This sub-collection also contains examples of the skill and variety in traditional textile work: Southeast Asian batik andikat, Andean in-loom embroidery, African resist dying and embroidery, Sea Island Gullah quilts, Middle-Eastern tapestry and carpet-weaving, Seminole patchwork, and Pueblo and Navajo upright and belt loom textiles.

 
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