Kerala, 1975.

Indonesia, 1978. Photo by Kjell B. Sandved.

“Banana leaves serve as umbrellas for these Indonesians. Unable to afford many manufactured goods, rural people of the tropics often adapt plant parts to their daily needs.”

ph. Danko Maksimovic - Marrakesh, Morocco (2018)

Cicim

ARTIST: Artist unrecorded

DATE: c. 1930

PLACE MADE: Gaziantep, Turkey, Middle East, Asia

Le Petit écho de la mode, no. 30, vol. 10, 29 juillet 1888, Paris. 5. Entre-deux Renaissance. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

Textile fragment with linked chevrons and trefoils.

Egypt (find spot) / Fustat (possible find spot) / Gujarat (place of creation), 2nd half of the 10th century - 15th century AD. Cotton, block-printed with resist, and dyed blue.