Talking Threads - Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Videos
Videos by Talking Threads - Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. Enhancing digital access to the textile and clothing collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum through e
This beautiful #nagatextile shows many different #supplementaryweft inlay motifs.
Woman's skirt
Lotha Naga weaver, Nagaland, India
Collected by 1919 by J.P. Mills
1928.69.63
#museumdocumentation #nagatextiles #TalkingThreadsPRM #pittriversmuseum
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This beautiful #nagatextile shows many different #supplementaryweft inlay motifs. Woman's skirt Lotha Naga weaver, Nagaland, India Collected by 1919 by J.P. Mills 1928.69.63 #museumdocumentation #nagatextiles #TalkingThreadsPRM #pittriversmuseum
The magic of #supplementaryweftwork Tangkhul Naga weaver, Manipur, India, collected by Ursula Graham Bower, 1938 - 1946 1983.13.4 #talkingthreadsprm #museumbehindthescenes #nagatextiles
🎧Sound on for accidental ASMR 🎤 Aligning & straightening an Ao Naga body cloth for photography. #museumbehindthescenes #pittriversmuseum #talkingthreadsprm #nagatextiles #MuseumDocumentation #ASMR
The blue diamond patterns are created by #supplementaryweft inlays creating red #negativespace . On reverse you can see the band of blue. Body cloth, made by Ao Naga weavers, Yimchenkimong Village, Nagaland, India. By 1920. 1928.69.159 #pittriversmuseum #talkingthreadsprm #museumbehindthescenes #nagatextiles
Trying to capture the intricacy of the fringes crocheted with fine needles, while showing the sheen of the silk at the same time. From a white head scarf with printed floral patterns, Northern Palestine, collected between 1885-1887 by Mercy Watson 1967.28.22 #TalkingThreadsPRM #museumsfromhome #crochetedlace #blockprint #museumbehindthescenes
Zooming into intricate details of chain stitches, cross stitches, couching and more - a jacket that showcases the skills of an embroiderer from Bethlehem. Short-sleeved jacket, Bethlehem, Palestine, Jenny Balfour-Paul collection 2018.37.25
The fixed ratio of photographic framing makes it difficult to capture details of a long, narrow strip of painted surface of this textile. So we tried filming instead. Nagaland, India, 1937-1942 1946.7.56 #TalkingThreadsPRM #nagatextiles #museumsfromhome #pittriversmuseum #museumdocumentation
The fixed ratio of photographic framing makes it difficult to capture details of a long, narrow strip of painted surface of this textile. So we tried filming instead. Nagaland, India, 1937-1942 1946.7.56 #TalkingThreadsPRM #nagatextiles #museumsfromhome #pittriversmuseum #museumdocumentation
Capturing rich texture of textile in photography is a challenge. Here we are using raking light (lighting from a low, slanted angle) to illuminate the texture of paired weft picks. Ao Naga weaver, Akhoia village, Nagaland, India, 1934 1928.69.1689 #TalkingThreadsPRM #nagatextiles #museumsfromhome #pittriversmuseum #MuseumDocumentation
Zooming in on supplementary weft inlays from: Bride’s skirt decorated with cowrie shells and coloured beads. Sumi Naga people, Nagaland, India, 1936. 1934.82.131 on display @pittriversmuseum #nagatextiles #MuseumsFromHome
🎙 Sound on for an accidental ASMR 🎧 Rattle of small bells, rustling of textile and crackling of acid-free tissue as an Ao Naga body cloth is carefully unfolded Rich man's cloth, Ao Naga people, Nagaland, India, 1924. 1923.85.283. On display @pittriversmuseum #museumbehindthescenes #MuseumsFromHome #nagatextiles
Magnified view of cedar bark fringes from chilkat blanket (1951.2.11). The blanket, usually on display, is temporarily removed from the case for documentation and conservation @pittriversmuseum @pittriversmuseumconservation #museumbehindthescenes #chilkatblanket #chilkatweaving #museumsfromhome #TalkingThreadsPRM
Detailed view of cedar bark fringes from chilkat blanket (1951.2.11). A truly remarkable material - cedar bark twines have retained flexibility after 70 years. The blanket, usually on display, is temporarily removed from the case for documentation and conservation @pittriversmuseumconservation @pittriversmuseum #museumbehindthescenes #chilkatblanket #chilkatweaving #museumsfromhome #TalkingThreadsPRM
Diversity of dyes, weaves, and designs: Lengta loincloths from Nagaland, India. @pittriversmuseum #nagatextiles #museumsfromhome #museumbehindthescenes #talkingthreadsprm
Conservator's view - using #digitalmicroscope to focus on those individual filaments! @pittriversmuseum @pittriversmuseumconservation #nagatextiles #museumsbehindthescenes #museumsfromhome #talkingthreadsprm