September 30, 2025 | Steven G. Alpert
Ceremonial Seat of Honor | Sesako
Lampung
Wood
610
© Museum Nasional Indonesia
September 29, 2025 | Jiří Jákl & Tom Hoogervorst
Indian Trade Cloth
Found in Java, Indonesia, made in India
Cotton; block-printed, possibly hand-painted
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kip Lee, Singapore
2015.91.14
© Yale University Art Gallery
September 25, 2025 | Editorial Team
Ritual Cloth or Shawl (Bidak, Tutup Jenazah)
Made in Sumatra, possibly Komering
Silk, ramie gilt metal thread; tapestry, supplementary weft
Robert J. Holmgren and Anita E. Spertus Collection, Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
ILE2019.12.139
© Yale University Art Gallery
September 24, 2025 | Editorial Team September 23, 2025 | Editorial Team
Daoist priest’s robe (daopao)
1821-1850
China
Silk
The John R. Van Derlip Fund
42.8.118
© Minneapolis Institute of Art
September 21, 2025 | Editorial Team
Totoya Hokkei (1780–1850), Kintoki in Old Age and a Small Demon, Edo period, 1833
© Museum Rietberg
August 31, 2025 | Steven G. Alpert
Woman’s Ceremonial Sarong | Lau Pahudu
Sumba
© The Dallas Museum of Art
August 30, 2025 | Antonio J. Guerreiro
Imun Ajo’ Uyan
© Antonio J. Guerreiro
August 27, 2025 | Editorial Team
Rei Miro, Easter Island
© Musée du quai Branly — Jacques Chirac
August 25, 2025 | Editorial Team
Munisak | Robe
Central Asia; Uzbekistan
Silk; cotton
The Megalli Collection
2005.36.5
The Textile Museum Collection
August 21, 2025 | Editorial Team
Carpet (detail)
mid-17th century
Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
17.190.857
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art
August 19, 2025 | Editorial Team
Persian (Culture)
Safavid dynasty, 1501–1736 (Period)
Textile Pieced with Two Panels with Design of Columns of Flowers, 17th century
Silk, cut and voided velvet weave with satin weave foundation and silver- and gilt-thread brocading wefts
23 × 26 3/16 in. (58.4 × 66.5 cm)
Museum Purchase
© Saint Louis Art Museum
July 30, 2025 | Steven G. Alpert
Wooden Canoe Prow
© The Trustees of the British Museum
July 28, 2025 | Editorial Team
Funerary mask
Lambayeque (Sicán) artist(s)
900–1100 CE
Lambayeque (Sicán)
Gold, silver-copper alloy, cinnabar
Gift and Bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1974, 1977
1974.271.35
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art