Tribal textile bundle, Hmong textiles, 2024 S. E. Asian vintage ethnic fabrics, artisan bundle, fiber artist bundle, quilting or repurposing

Here is a charming group of unique "tribal minority group" textiles --all believed to originate from SW China, Vietnam, Laos or Thailand ethnic groups. All of these textiles were purchased by me from internet sellers or dealers/ shows/ ethnic shops over the last 15 years. All are vintage.
I believe textile #3 is the oldest of this group--1970s or possibly prior--and most of the others aged from the 1970s to 1990s.

Most of the textiles --those numbered 1, 2, 4, 5 --I believe are all fragments from Hmong (H'mong) tribal skirts from Vietnam, while the embroidered textile number 3 (2nd photo) I believe I think may be from Southwest China--and may be from another tribal group (other than Hmong), and I am not sure from which country may be the expertly done cross stitch piece (textile 6, photo 5) but it was sold to me as Hmong with another similar piece. The large blue and white textile numbered 7 is a Hmong batik and stitched skirt piece from either Laos or Vietnam.

If you like hand-made textiles with a tribal feel and are not familiar with the textiles from SW China and SE Asia, there is a history of many, many of them being created for clothing having been widely sold online since the 1980s , and many--if not most-- fall under the Hmong tribal groups (and its many subgroups). It is my understanding that the Hmong tribal groups came from the same cultural groups who are known as Miao peoples from Southwest China, and have since migrated south to Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand --and known there are Hmong peoples, with many stellar textile traditions, some more elaborate than others. (Some Hmong subgroups have very elaborate festival costumes which are in the permanent collections of major art museums.)

SEE WIKIPEDIA for a general understanding of the widely varied and beautiful textile traditions of these cultural groups. (You can soon become lost in the volume of stunning creations created by these artistic peoples!)

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GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS
This present listing includes textile fragments I have collected over the last 15 years or more --all created with a variety of sewing, stitching and dyeing techniques and most believed to date from the 1970s - 1980s, with one piece--the cross stitch piece possibly being from the 1990s.

The artistry in the textile numbered 3 is--to my eye--shows the most accomplished and highest level of needlework, as it is entirely done by hand and --due to the great skill of the needlework, the back is equally as perfectly done as the front.
I do believe this level of quality needlework is extremely rarely found online these days--at an affordable price. In the tribal cultures today, I have heard from various scholars and travelers to the related countries that few young people today wish to take up the textile traditions of their ancestors, so it is likely that the highest quality needlework may 2024 continue to be rare--especially with quality materials and detail.

Likewise the artistry in textile #6 and the batik portion of #7 is very skillfully done.

If you would like more photos than appear in my listing, please message me.


USAGE
These lovely "tribal textile" pieces can be repurposed into numerous useful items and accessories--from to bags to quilts to decorative pieces for denim jackets and jeans--to name a few. Also, some may add wonderful accent pieces to fiber art
collages.


INDIVIDUAL DESCRIPTIONS AND SIZES:
Sizes of each piece are as follows:

- #1: 10" x 12-1/2", Composite textile piece from 4 horizontal pieces sewn together

- #2: 7-3/4" x 13-1/2, Composite textile with hand cross-stitching and hand and machine made trims

- #3: 18-7/8" x 17-1/2 , Magnificent double-sided needlework on indigo-dyed woven cotton

-#4 & #5: 2 @ 6-1/2" x7-12", Charming cross stitch design on indigo-dyed hemp-cottom

#6: 9" x 8-1/8", Finely-detailed, expertly done cross stitch embroidery on black hemp-like cotton with brown fine cotton border

- #7: 28-1/2" x 15", Composite horizontal strips with hand-batiked indigo dyed strips, and decorated with other horizontally machine-stitched yarns and trims

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Please note that all descriptions are from my best information and belief after collecting, and study of a very large volume of multicultural textiles and familiarity with same since 2002. I