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About Naga Textiles and patterns
Each Naga tribe has a specific attire which is depicted by certain textile patterns and jewellery. The most important garment for the nagas is the shawl. Each Naga clan/tribe has their own pattern which they use to identify themselves. A study of thses different patterns is revealing eg cowries is some of the clothes indicate trade as Nagaland has no access to the sea or is nowhere close to it. A head mask indicated the headhunting practice which was the norm a few generations ago.
Balenciaga Installation 2011: Independent contractor Glenn Petersen and former staff conservator Beth Szuhay working as a team to dress this mannequin.
Textile factories making clothes are a big industry in Cambodia. Many of the clothes find their way to Western Markets.
Photos of some of the factories, and of women from local villages being brought in via trucks to work in the factories.
Title: Textiles
Digital Publisher: Digital: Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Physical Publisher: Physical: Graphic Services, Texas A&M University
Date Issued: 2011-08-17
Date Created: 1946
Dimensions: 4 x 5 inches
Format Medium: Photographic negative
Type: image
Identifier: Photograph Location: Graphic Services Photos, Box 24, File 23-127
Rights: It is the users responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holders for publication of any materials. Permission must be obtained in writing prior to publication. Please contact the Cushing Memorial Library for further information
Slitrig Crescent, Hawick.
Now closed, although the brand name has been bought from the receiver by Dawson International and will continue to be produced at Barries.
Recycling outcome-I aimed to invlovle techniques which demonstrated the brief; such as stuffing bubble wrap with recycled materials and knitting with controversial materials sich as plastics and torn clothing.
From Adrian Wilson’s collection of textile trademark stamp materials, photographed at his talk for the Type Directors Club, “TEXTile: Typography of the 19th Century Textile Trade”, Jan 28, 2010