Textile Traditions of Northeast India : A Catalogue of M.C. Goswami Museum Collection, Gauhati

Contents: Foreword. Preface. List of illustrations. Madhab Chandra Goswami Museum: an introduction. 1. Importance of textile traditions in Northeast India. 2. Ecology, ethnography and textile traditions. 3. Art of weaving -- its technological base. 4. Resume. Bibliography.

"The collection of textiles in the Madhab Chandra Goswami Museum, Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University is important for the reasons that these are collected from among most of the ethno-cultural groups of Northeast India. These reflect the cultural identities of the ethno-cultural groups of the seven sister\'s states in a variable proportions. Textiles from each area have distinctiveness of their own.

In this book the textiles of Northeast India are examined on comparative basis. In fact this book has given visual identity for each ethno-cultural group inhabiting in this part of India. In fact through the textiles one may feel the vibrations of cultures of Northeast India.

The Museum preserves such priceless cultural heritages of North-East India. The book is a catalogue of the textile materials collected from the seven sister\'s states of Northeast India comprising Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura." (jacket)