CROSSING THREADS

Reconstruction of the trousers IM21 from Yanghai, Turfan, Xinjiang, China. Technology: Yanghai weft twining. © DAI EA // Domenik Schuster

Forschung

Research aims

Creating a representative sample collection and establishing an open digital dataset with documentation of archeologically confirmed textile and tool discoveries, based on the East Asien clothes found along the Silk Roads.

Yanghai weft twining on poncho IM21, Yanghai, Turfan, Xinjiang, China. © DAI EA // Dominic Hosner
Study and documentation of the manufacturing of a traditional Ainu Emushiatsu belt using weft twining technique, Nibutani, Hokkaido, Japan. © DAI EA // Moa Hallgren-Brekenkamp
Study and documentation of the weaving process on a backstrap loom. Weaver in Nibutani, Hokkaido, Japan. © DAI EA // Christian Leipe
The threading cross on the loom. Definition: A threading cross in the warp is formed while warping, in order to maintain the proper order of the warp threads, generally maintained by cross-sticks (Vocabulary of technical terms, Centre International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens, 2021). © DAI EA // Moa Hallgren-Brekenkamp