Fibre Collection

Nambang Yeomje (Nanfang Yendi), Lord of the Southern Quadrant (image 3 of 4), 18th century. Creator: Anon
Portrait of Yan Emperor of the South. Nambang Yeomje (Nanfang Yendi), Lord of the Southern Quadrant (image 3 of 4), 18th century

Head of a Bodhisattva, Probably Avalokitésvara (Guanyin), the Bodhisattva... between c.1450-c.1550. Creator: Unknown
Head of a Bodhisattva, Probably Avalokitesvara (Guanyin), the Bodhisattva of Mercy, between c.1450 and c.1550

Dept. of Agriculture, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Dept. of Agriculture, between 1910 and 1920
Dept. of Agriculture, between 1910 and 1920. [USA? Man in greenhouse, with cannabis plants on the right]

Panel Depicting Madonna and Child, Switzerland, 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Panel Depicting Madonna and Child, Switzerland, 16th century

Carpet, Portugal, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Carpet, Portugal, 18th century

Collar, Philippines, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Collar, Philippines, 18th century

Blouse, Philippines, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Blouse, Philippines, 19th century

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: cotton in its different stages, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: cotton in its different stages, 1862. Diagrams...to indicate the different stages of manufacture. Fig

Huge drop hammers work day and night form... North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif. 1942
Huge drop hammers work day and night forming sheet metal parts for United Nations bombers and fighters at the North American Aviation, Inc. plant, Inglewood, Calif

Tobacco sleds newly covered with tow sacks, ready for... tobacco, Person County, North Carolina
Tobacco sleds newly covered with tow sacks, ready for " putting in" the tobacco. Person County, North Carolina

Braid, France, 1650 / 75. Creator: Unknown
Braid, France, 1650/75

Chair Seat, France, 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Chair Seat, France, 17th century

Orphrey Band, France, 16th century. Creator: Unknown
Orphrey Band, France, 16th century

Wedding Basket, c. 1895. Creator: Unknown
Wedding Basket, c. 1895

Coiled Storage Basket with Serrated-line Design, 1880 / 90. Creator: Unknown
Coiled Storage Basket with Serrated-line Design, 1880/90. A work made of natural vegetable fibers with pigment

Feathered Gift Basket, 1880 / 90. Creator: Unknown
Feathered Gift Basket, 1880/90

Basket, Late 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Basket, Late 19th century

Burden Basket, 1870 / 80. Creator: Unknown
Burden Basket, 1870/80. Large tan woven basket with dark brown triangles

Figured Gift Basket, c. 1890. Creator: Unknown
Figured Gift Basket, c. 1890

Crossbow, Europe, 1530 / 60. Creator: Unknown
Crossbow, Europe, 1530/60

Container, Angola, 18th / 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Container, Angola, 18th/19th century

Tobari (Formerly Katabira), Japan, late Edo period (1789-1868), 1801 / 25. Creator: Unknown
Tobari (Formerly Katabira), Japan, late Edo period (1789-1868), 1801/25

Sewing Basket, c. 1938. Creator: Regina Henderer
Sewing Basket, c. 1938

Rope-Spinning, 1887. Creator: Peter Henry Emerson
Rope-Spinning, 1887. A work made of photoetching, pl. xix from the album " wild life on a tidal water: the adventures of a house-boat and her crew" (1890); edition 270/500

Amana Bread-raising Basket, c. 1938. Creator: Frank Eiseman
Amana Bread-raising Basket, c. 1938

Sinew, Fiber, Reed, Bark (mural study), ca. 1933-1943. Creator: Unknown
Sinew, Fiber, Reed, Bark (mural study), ca. 1933-1943

Sieve, Coptic, 580-640. Creator: Unknown
Sieve, Coptic, 580-640

Pulley, Coptic, 580-640. Creator: Unknown
Pulley, Coptic, 580-640

Diagrams illustrating the preparation of Rags and Esparto Grass for Paper-making, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

A Samoan chief in full ceremonial costume, 1902. Artist: Thomas Andrew
A Samoan chief in full ceremonial costume, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Samoan woman wearing a collar of cachalots teeth and a ceremonial headdress, 1902. Artist: Josiah Martin
A Samoan woman wearing a collar of cachalots teeth and a ceremonial headdress of tow and mother-of-pearl, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co. London, 1902]

Scutching mill, c1880. Preparing flax fibres by beating them. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Hand-scutchers at work, c1880. The dressing of flax fibres by beating them. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York)

Making a fishing net, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Coconut-fibre mask from the Torres Straits islands
Coconut-fibre mask, with eyes of coiled wire. From the Torres Straits islands, from the British Museums collection

Cross-section of Eli Whitneys (1765-1825) saw-gin for cleaning cotton, 1865. Seeds can be seen ejected (left), while cotton fibres are passing on the right

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