• Dr.Rantu Dutta

The textile activities of the different tribes of assam have been considered as an art in folklore studies. The textile of the Taiphake tribe, who live in the East zone of assam, also adds to reflect their different cultural identity. The Taiphake are one of the six Tai originated tribes. The necessary clothes that needed in their day to day life are produced by themselves by “ki hook”(weaving frame). They have peculiar way of producing raw material, colour, thread, and weaving of their own. Regarding population, there are about two thousand people and almost all of them use homemade clothes which also help them to be economically independent. An important feature to the Taiphake textile is that the colour varies according the age of the people. In spite of their adherence to the tradition, modernity has brought some changes to textile culture of the Taiphake. An attempt has been made to discuss the textile system of the Taiphake including its dress, manufacturing method, weaving frame, colour in this paper.

Textile, Taiphake, Raw materials, Weaving, Colour preparation.

"Textile art of the Taiphake: A descriptive study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.473-478, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907211.pdf

"Textile art of the Taiphake: A descriptive study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp473-478, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907211.pdf