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Adire
Adire is a Yoruba resist-dyed textile tradition associated particularly with southwestern Nigeria. Artisans create patterns on cloth before dyeing it with indigo, using methods that include tying, stitching, folding, stenciling, or applying a cassava-starch resist that blocks the dye. Adire textiles feature geometric, figurative, and named motifs and are made for clothing, household use, ceremonia...
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Pashmina
Pashmina refers to fine cashmere fiber traditionally obtained from goats raised in the high-altitude regions of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau, as well as to textiles made from that fiber. In Kashmir, artisans have long spun, woven, embroidered, and finished it as lightweight shawls valued for warmth and softness. The term is also used commercially for blended or imitation fabrics, so fiber com...
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