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An indigenous cloth from Madison's CDMC (WI)

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Contrary to popular belief, women throughout history and cultures have used colours, patterns, and techniques to express both cultural and personal aesthetic visions. This is in contrast to the common misconception that textiles were not created with an artistic purpose and as a result lack aesthetic value. It has long been overlooked how important women and their job may have been in ancient societies due to a lack of interest in the topic. According to Gretchen E. Meyers (2013), a specialist in classical archaeology, "limited attention to textile tools in archaeological contexts has marginalised their importance as evidence for social or ritual practises in pre-Roman Italy" (p. 248). She emphasises how textile practises show that Etrusco-Italic women were more integrated in their society's sacred sphere and held significant roles and agency during rituals. The use of textiles to "assert personal, ethnic, religious, and economic identities" in many social groups is further supported by studies on Latin American textile traditions. As a result, textiles represent one of women's earliest forms of artistic expression as well as a means of transmitting changing cultural norms through the fusion of individual creativity and technical skill.

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