India
Northeast India
A region where nearly every household still keeps a loom, and eri silk is spun and woven for warmth rather than luxury.
Weaving here is domestic rather than commercial in origin — many families weave their own cloth between other work, on looms kept under the house.
Eri silk is prized less for shine than for warmth, making it suited to the region's cooler, wetter climate.
Traditional dress — Brahmaputra Valley
- Community
- Assamese weaving households
- Materials
- Eri silk, Cotton
- Techniques
- Pit-loom weaving, Natural dyeing