Hmong Textile Art consists of traditional and modern textile arts and crafts techniques practiced by the Hmong people. Traditional Hmong textile examples include hand-spun hemp cloth production, basket weaving, batik dyeing, and a unique form of embroidery known as flower cloth or Paj Ntaub in the Hmong language RPA. The most widely recognized modern style of Hmong textile art is a derived form of Paj Ntaub popularly referred to as story cloths.
Traditional Hmong textiles like Paj Ntaub play a significant role in Hmong daily life and are often directly associated with larger cultural concerns such as religion, gender, economics, and ethnic identity. Modern textiles like story cloths provide important historical and cultural context and are often used by scholars and educators in and out of the Hmong community as a means to understand and engage with Hmong culture.
Traditional Textiles edit
Hemp Cloth edit
Most traditional forms of Hmong textiles were created using hand-spun hemp fabric.[1]
Basket Weaving edit
Batik edit
Paj Ntaub or Flower Cloth edit
Gender edit
Religion edit
Story Cloth edit
Diaspora edit
Western Influence edit
- ^ Tapp, Nicholas. (2010). Culture and Customs of the Hmong. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1-282-93300-0. OCLC 816626541.