Sarees of North-East India
Assam muga, eri and pat silk, mekhela chador, and the backstrap-loom textiles of the hill states. 15 sarees on EveryPallu so far.
Typical motifs
States and territories
Weaving centres
🇮🇳 India and 1 morePathin
A striped wrap skirt of the Hajong people, worn from bust to calf in Northeast IndiaSilk · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaTsüngkotepsü
A black and red Ao Naga warrior shawl with a white band of animal and star motifsChecks and stripes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreEri silk
A wild silk from northeast India, spun from cocoons the moth has leftEri
🇮🇳 IndiaMoirang Phee
A Manipur handloom with stepped tooth borders woven from both edges toward the centreCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaPheichom
A men's wrap of the Meitei people of Manipur, worn like the dhoti, in cotton or silkCotton · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaAssam silk
Golden muga, white pat and warm eri silks, reared and hand-woven in AssamMuga
🇮🇳 IndiaTripuri dress
A woven cotton wrap from Tripura, with its own pattern for each Tripuri clan.Cotton
🇮🇳 IndiaShaphee Lanphee
A heavy black and red embroidered textile woven by Meitei craftswomen in ManipurCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaLeirum Pheeꯂꯩꯔꯨꯝ ꯐꯤ
A coarse cotton shawl from Manipur, black and red on white, given to Meitei bridesCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaDokhonaदख'ना
A wrap-around cloth worn by Boro women of Assam, usually yellow, with woven Agor designsCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaPat silkপাট ৰেচম
A glossy, naturally white mulberry silk from Assam, woven into mekhelas and chadarsSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaPhanekꯐꯅꯦꯛ
A traditional Meitei wraparound skirt woven with striped borders in ManipurMuga · Embroidery · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaMekhela chador
Assam's two-piece dress: a pleated tube skirt, the mekhela, and a draped sadorSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaWangkhei Phee
A see-through white cotton fabric from Manipur, woven by women with hand-woven motifsCotton · Jamdani
🇮🇳 IndiaGamosaগামুছা
A white cotton cloth with a red border from Assam, woven for Bihu, prayer and daily useCotton
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreEri silk
A wild silk from northeast India, spun from cocoons the moth has leftEri
🇮🇳 IndiaMoirang Phee
A Manipur handloom with stepped tooth borders woven from both edges toward the centreCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaPheichom
A men's wrap of the Meitei people of Manipur, worn like the dhoti, in cotton or silkCotton · Block print
🇮🇳 IndiaAssam silk
Golden muga, white pat and warm eri silks, reared and hand-woven in AssamMuga
🇮🇳 IndiaTripuri dress
A woven cotton wrap from Tripura, with its own pattern for each Tripuri clan.Cotton
🇮🇳 IndiaShaphee Lanphee
A heavy black and red embroidered textile woven by Meitei craftswomen in ManipurCotton · Embroidery
🇮🇳 IndiaLeirum Pheeꯂꯩꯔꯨꯝ ꯐꯤ
A coarse cotton shawl from Manipur, black and red on white, given to Meitei bridesCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaDokhonaदख'ना
A wrap-around cloth worn by Boro women of Assam, usually yellow, with woven Agor designsCotton
🇮🇳 IndiaPat silkপাট ৰেচম
A glossy, naturally white mulberry silk from Assam, woven into mekhelas and chadarsSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaPhanekꯐꯅꯦꯛ
A traditional Meitei wraparound skirt woven with striped borders in ManipurMuga · Embroidery · Checks and stripes
🇮🇳 IndiaMekhela chador
Assam's two-piece dress: a pleated tube skirt, the mekhela, and a draped sadorSilk
🇮🇳 IndiaWangkhei Phee
A see-through white cotton fabric from Manipur, woven by women with hand-woven motifsCotton · Jamdani
🇮🇳 IndiaGamosaগামুছা
A white cotton cloth with a red border from Assam, woven for Bihu, prayer and daily useCotton
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Eri silk: Simtastic01, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pheichom: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Assam silk: Hiranmoy Boruah, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tripuri dress: Bijayan tripura, CC0, source
- Dokhona: Bodoland Territorial Council, CC0, source
- Phanek: অজয় দাস, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mekhela chador: Deepraj, CC BY 2.5, source
- Gamosa: Priyankoo at en.wikipedia, Public domain, source