Handbag (re-purposed from the sleeve trim from a woman's garment) of heavy-weight natural cotton embroidered with a distinctive star-like motif particular to this village- no other village uses this design; designs are in black with outline in blue, orange, red and green; top is trimmed with a diamond patterned band with alternating colors; metal eyelets; straps missing.
Textile Panel from a vest from a village costume of solid embroidery in cotton, silk and goat's hair in the characteristic village design; colors are red, yellow, black, olive, grey with accents of pink and orange.
Textile fragment of natural linen (probably from a towel) embroidered in bright red, purple, black and metallic gold; edged in needle lace and sequins; floral motifs and geometric, linear designs.
Wedding Kimono of tan silk with couched gold metallic embroidery and silk embroidery in various colors; lined in deep orange silk; padded at hem in floor length.
Textile Panel of silk, linen damask (jacquard) in a brightly colored design in natural dyes of purple, violet, green, orange, white and rose in alternating floral patterned 3" bands on a honeycomb patterned ground; two designs of floral leaf pattern and floral fan pattern alternate; hand-spun and hand-woven.
a) Textile Panel of tan cotton with block print pattern of trees with flowers and roots in shades of deep turquoise, browns, and earth red; design looks painted with watercolor shading; a channel has been machine sewn at top for hanging. b) smaller fragment of same textile (2006:9:1).
Handbag (re-purposed from the sleeve trim from an Attica woman's wedding dress) of heavy-weight natural cotton with solid embroidered band ending in dipped points of brightly colored silk and black silk; colors include chartreuse, violet, salmon, green, red, white, purple and blue; geometric design with lines and shapes; cord straps at top woven through holes.
Textile Panel of Kilim work in goat hair, wool and metallic thread in a fine line diamond pattern with eyes in the center; deep red ground with linear design in metallic thread and black.
Towel of fine woven linen or cotton with intricate embroidery at each end of six oval medallions of floral design with ribbons with bow at bottom; colors of light pink, blue and green silk and metallic gold threads; small floral band at bottom trim.
Tapa Cloth of the inner bark of a Mulberry tree pounded into cloth; design using plant motifs to create a free-form geometric pattern in light brown and dark brown on natural white ground; colors are derived from natural sources such as plants and tree sap.
Textile Panel (part of a flour sack) of hand-spun, hand-woven un-dyed flax with red cross-stitch embroidery in geometric bands with fruit and plant motifs; horizontal band with portion that is not embroidered.
Tapestry of bright red-orange heavy-weight, ribbed silk with metallic gold emblem of a family crest (Kamon) on one side; the other side has Ikat-like lines of metallic gold on warm beige ground with a partial design of dragons, sun, clouds, and geometric designs in an oval band of fire-like designs; a second emblem of a wrapped pole and a pipe-like emblem with a hole in one side; gold knotted tassels at each of the four corners. This Kamon, family emblem, might be Toyotomi.
Tapestry of green heavy-weight ribbed woven silk with a white medallion emblem and a gold Japanese character; this is a family crest, called Kamon in Japan; the white emblem is a plant crest called Ume-mon (Japanese crests of plum). The tapestry would be hung in the center so both the Japanese character and the emblem would hang in the correct position.
Table Runner of hand-woven flax embroidered in dark red, orange and green wool with outline of fine black running stitch; block-like motifs form two vertical bands with a central rectangle of small squares with alternating wool colors; decorative geometrical floral design.
Small Rug of hand-spun, hand-woven wool in a blue ground with geometric design in grey, orange, warm beige and black; geometric squared pattern; vegetable dyed yarn; 3" cotton or flax fringe at ends.