Clothing - Wearable Art
The clothes we wear are the art we live in. In this assemblage, kente cloths, ponchos, hupils, aprons, shawls, jackets, tapa wraps, skirts, and more from around the world display the many ways people use various textile arts in clothing.
What textiles do you wear that you might consider art?
This page has paths:
- Off the Roll: Highlights of a Global Textiles Project Jessica Nelson
Contents of this path:
- Masi Bolabola (Fijian)
- Wedding Shawl (Egyptian)
- 'Middleburg' blanket (Ndzundza Ndebele)
- Ikat Wrapper (Baule)
- Apron (Red Lao)
- Akunintam (Cloth of the Great) (Fante)
- Tamani (Girl's Wrapper) (Bamana)
- Pagne "Tourousina" (Bamana)
- Overskirt (Kuba)
- Akunintam (Cloth of the Great) (Fante)
- Biil (Rug Dress) (Diné)
- Llacota (Aymara)
- Chinle-style Blanket (Diné)
- Poncho (Andean)
- Lliclla or Ahuayo (Mantle or Carrying Cloth)
- Poncho (Aymara or Quechua)
- Poncho with Collar (Aymara or Quechua)
- Àdìrẹ cloth (Yoruba)
- Faja (Sash) (K’iche’)
- Uttarsanga (Monastic Robe) (Thai)
- Ceremonial Po't (huipil or blouse) (Kaqchikel)
- Poncho (Quechua)
- Po't (huipil or blouse) (Kaqchikel)
- Shawl (English)
- Po't Panel (huipil or blouse) (Kaqchikel)
- Uk (woman's skirt) (K'iche')
- Aksu (Overskirt) (Quechua)
- Skirt (Shipibo-Conibo)
- Kené cloth (Shipibo-Conibo)
- Ticlla Poncho (Peruvian)