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Silk Roads, Other Roads Proceedings of the 8th Biennial Symposium of the Textile Society of America, Inc. Copyright remains the property of the individual authors. All rights reserved. Published 2003. Printed in the United States of America The papers are unedited and reproduced as submitted. No part of this book may bereproduced in any form or by any means without written permission from the author. Students and researchers wishing to cite specific authors are encouraged to contact those individuals, as many of these papers represent work in progress, or work which has been committed for publication elsewhere. This volume contains papers delivered at the Eighth Biennial Symposium of the Textile Society of America, Inc. Held in Northampton, Massachusetts September 26-28, 2002 The Textile Society of America, Inc. provides a forum for the exchange and dissemination of information about the historic, cultural, socio-economic, artistic and technical aspects of textiles. It was founded in 1987 and is governed by a Board of Directors which includes scholars from museums and universities, as well as fiber artists. The Proceedings of each biennial symposium are distributed as a benefit of membership. The previous titles are: 1988 Textiles as primary sources* 1990 Textiles in Trade* 1992 Textiles in Daily Life 1994 Contact, Crossover, Continuity* 1996 Sacred and Ceremonial Textiles 1998 Creating Textiles: Makers, Methods, Markets 2000 Approaching Textiles, Varying Viewpoint