Page from Book of Okinawan Textiles: Nafa, Okinawa Main I., Cotton, Ordinary Cloth

Ink on silk

Silk, cut and uncut voided velvet on white satin ground

Fiber

Compound weave brown silk with supplementary gold wefts; selected motifs embroidered in polychrome silk threads

Ramie with vegetable dyes and mineral pigments; stenciled and freehand paste-resist decoration applied on both sides of fabric

Pale green-blue silk with cloud motifs painted in gold pigment; additional motifs embroidered in polychrome silk and gold threads

Silk, metallic yarns (filé. lamé and frisé) and sequins

Silk in kesi' tapestry weave, selected elements woven with metallic gold threads

Lilac satin ground with embroidered decoration

Textile fibers