Textile

This sample is from a plain weave textile, woven on a commercial treadle loom. Men operate these looms in co-operative or factory enterprises. These textiles are produced mainly for skirts, shawls, and shirts. Although textile patterns were formerly distinguishable between towns, adaptation of patterns from town to town, makes establishing the origin of a modern commercial textile virtually impossible (Anderson).

textile sample

Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Pattern consists of thin black and white ikat with thin yellow stripes in various combinations on red ground. White adhesive tag has '31' written in black felt.