This week is all about indigo at the Textile Museum and our Object of the Week is an indigo dyed Royal Display Cloth (Ndop) from Cameroon.
Category: Collection Spotlight
Jerome Fortin, Self-Portrait (Autoportrait) No.3 (2007)
Our Object of the Week is a textile sculpture entitled Self-Portrait (Autoportrait) No.3, made in 2007 by Jérôme Fortin.
Quilt, T2011.5.17
Our Object of the Week is a staff pick from Susan Fohr, our Educations Programs Coordinator!
Shawl, T87.0583
This week’s Object of the Week is a silk shawl.
Tea Cosy, T93.0144
Our Object of the Week is a tea cosy that was given to Gladys (Porter Clark) and Clayton Hyde Forsey on the occasion of their wedding in September of 1933,…
Sarape, T92.0016
Our Object of the Week is a Mexican sarape – a rectangular blanket worn by men – from the 18th century.
Poncho, T92.0262
In anticipation of our next exhibition, Tied, Dyed and Woven, our Object of the Week is an ikat poncho from Chile, locally known as a trarikanmakuñ.
Salt Bag, T03.1.2
Our object this week is a salt bag from Balochistan.
Ceinture Fléchée, T89.0158
Our Object of the Week is a ceinture fléchée, made in L’Assomption, Québec between 1875 and 1925.
Otomi Bag, T88.0107
Our Object of the Week is an Otomi bag made in the 1940s in the Mezquital Valley in Hidalgo, Mexico.
