Excellent Books on
South Asian Tribal
Textiles
For More Information
Here's a short list of the books I consult most often for information on textiles from India and
Pakistan. It's certainly not exhaustive, but it's a good start if you want to find out more about the
wide diversity of textiles from this area.
Colours of the Indus: Costume and Textiles of
Pakistan.
Nasreen Askari and Rosemary Crill.

Indian Embroidery. Rosemary Crill.

Traditional Indian Textiles. John Gillow and Nicholas
Barnard.

Mud, Mirror and Thread: Folk Traditions of Rural
India.
Nora Fischer, editor.