found: a very old textile!

Mongols China and the Silk Road: Unique Silk Cloth Found in Emperor Henry VII's Coffin

ancient textiles in the news!

It's very unusual to find ancient textiles that have withstood the ravages of time. Most of them disintegrate within a few years.

Textiles and the Multi Tiered Cosmos: The Cueva del Chileno Headband

A beautifully well-preserved woven shamanic headband was recently found in a cave in Bolivia.

ashley's bag: a beautiful heirloom

a simple home-spun cotton sack with words of a mother's love.

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My great grandmother Rose
mother of Ashley gave her this sack when
she was sold at age 9 in South Carolina
it held a tattered dress 3 handfulls of
pecans a braid of Roses hair. Told her 
It be filled with my Love always
she never saw her again
Ashley is my grandmother
Ruth Middleton
1921

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This sack of "negro cloth" (durable, rough-spun cotton) was given to Ashley by her mother, with a few necessities and mementos.

southwestern turtle effigy

bottom of side-drilled stone turtle effigy pendant

Take a gander at this beautiful little soapstone turtle pendant artifact from a Pueblo I site in Apache County, Arizona.