The EAC focuses primarily on the arts of Asia, Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas. The EAC membership is comprised largely of recognized collectors, active dealers, museum representatives, and enthusiastic admirers of ethnic art.

People have always adorned themselves to enhance their beauty, to display their strength, boast of their wealth or to identify the social group or tribe to which they belong. Adornment transforms us as we create our face for the world. We adorn for the power of creating ourselves as works of art. Textile Tour of Oaxaca, Mexico. Coreen Cordova, artist and collector.

This site is an independent and authoritative source of information about all things Qaraqalpaq, from the origins and history of the Qaraqalpaq people to their present day lifestyle. It contains important sections on the traditional material culture of the Qaraqalpaqs, such as costume and yurts. Young Qaraqalpaqs in the 1920s. Return to top of page.

Chinese Skirts of the Qing. Four Studies on the History. Pazyryk, the Valley of the. Les tapis et tissages du. Sabahi, Taher and Giancarlo Cobelli. Central Asian Textiles, Suzanis, and Ikats.