Pamela Cross's website www.tribaltextiles.info is the best resource on-line that I have come across for textiles from SE Asia and SW China.
This region of Asia is a patchwork of ethnic groups, each with their own distinct and varied traditions of textile making and clothing design. A good number of books have been published on textiles from this region, but the difficulty lies in the sheer diversity of this area, and the fact that textiles from previously unknown groups are being discovered regularly.
This is where Pamela's website comes in. The site includes a forum where items can be posted and reviewed by site members, many of whom have years of collecting experience and some of whom have traveled extensively in the region. The results are an example of how the web can bring together expertise to good effect.
Speaking personally, I've been an occasional contributor to the site, which enabled me for example to identify the textile shown in this post as an example of batik work from the Rao Jia group in Guizhou province.
Pamela deserves congratulations for her work, and I'd encourage anyone with an interest in textiles from this region to take a look.
This region of Asia is a patchwork of ethnic groups, each with their own distinct and varied traditions of textile making and clothing design. A good number of books have been published on textiles from this region, but the difficulty lies in the sheer diversity of this area, and the fact that textiles from previously unknown groups are being discovered regularly.
This is where Pamela's website comes in. The site includes a forum where items can be posted and reviewed by site members, many of whom have years of collecting experience and some of whom have traveled extensively in the region. The results are an example of how the web can bring together expertise to good effect.
Speaking personally, I've been an occasional contributor to the site, which enabled me for example to identify the textile shown in this post as an example of batik work from the Rao Jia group in Guizhou province.
Pamela deserves congratulations for her work, and I'd encourage anyone with an interest in textiles from this region to take a look.
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