Page from Book of Okinawan Textiles: Nafa, Okinawa Main I., Cotton, Ordinary Cloth

Dark blue satin ground with embroidered decoration

wool; twill tapestry weave, double-interlocked

wool pile on a foundation of cotton warps and wefts

Tapestry woven in colored wools (chiefly blue) and undyed linen thread. Loop pile of linen thread.

Silk

Silk with metallic yarns

Fiber

Multicolored Ikat-dyed silk with supplementary gold wefts; floral motifs embroidered with polychrome silk threads

Purple wool and undyed linen

Fiber