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Textile of Southeast Asia
Websites

Southeast Asia / Burma/Myanmar / Cambodia / East Timor / Hmong / Indonesia / Laos / Malaysia / The Philippines / Thailand


Southeast Asia

Textiles of Asia: A Common Heritage: http://www.mahidol.ac.th/Thailand/art/textiles.html

SEA Textiles: http://www.tillekeandgibbins.com/textile/textile_collection.htm

Burma/Myanmar

Textiles of Burma: http://seasiancrafts.com/spiritworld/Burmese%20Textiles.htm

Kachin Textiles: http://www.brighton.virtualmuseum.info/world_art/kachin_textiles.html

Cambodia

Institute for Khmer Traditional Textiles: http://www.esprit-libre.org/iktt/index.html

Cambodian Textiles: http://www.cambodia.org/clubs/khemara/cover.htm

East Timor

East Timor Textiles: http://www.etimortais.org/index.htm

Hmong

Hmong textiles of North Vietnam: htp://www.truenorth.net.au/userdir/yeulee/Otherscholars/COSTVIET.html


Indonesia

Textiles of Indonesia: http://www.expat.or.id/info/traditionaltextiles.html

Annotated Bibliography: http://depts.washington.edu/seac/textilebib.htm

Flores textiles: http://www.markajohnson.com/Asiat04.html

Ikat Textiles: http://www.nusa-tenggara.com/east/html/weaving.html

Timor Textiles: http://www.threadsoflife.com/timor.html

Laos

Lao textiles: http://seasiancrafts.com/spiritworld/laotex.htm

Tribal Textiles, Laos: http://www.tribaltextiles.info/Countries/Laos/Lao_textiles.htm

Lao Textiles: http://www.wayofdesign.com/webzine/vol1-1/lao1.htm

Exhibition of Lao textiles: http://www.seacom.de/silk001.html


Malaysia

Traditional Dress of Malaysia (Sabah): http://www.sabah.gov.my/kkbs/cloth.htm

Traditional Dress of Malaysia (Sarawak): http://www.worldkidmag.com/rainforest_tribes_traditional_dress.htm

Sarawak Museum: http://www.museum.sarawak.gov.my/textilefile/mid.htm

The Philippines

Filipino Textiles: http://www.tribo.org/textiles/index2.html

Textiles of the Philippines: http://isis.csuhayward.edu/cesmith/virtmus/Philippines/Crafts/Textiles.htm

Thailand

Thai Textiles: http://sunsite.au.ac.th/thailand/Thai_Handicraft/Thai%20Cloths/index.html

Tai Textiles: http://web.ku.ac.th/AmazingThailand/Boonsom/textile.html

Thai Textiles, Threads of a Cultural Heritage: http://www.seameo.org/vl/textile/textile.pdf

Thai Textile Museum: http://www.thaitextilemuseum.com/English/Textile_Museum/textile_museum.html

Royal Thai Silk: http://www.royalthaisilk.net/