Fish Skin Clothing Tradition at Risk of Dying Out

The Hezhen are one of China’s smallest ethnic minority groups. Early Hezhen people developed methods for making clothes, bedding and thread out of fish skin. For that reason, they became known in China as the “Fish Skin Tribe.”

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We – The Future Seen Through CraftPart One: Fish Skin as a Fashion Material and the Dyeing Techniques of Kyoto, Kyoto Seika University The Center for Innovation in Traditional Industries

HEZHEN LIFE, CULTURE, STORIES AND FISHSKIN CLOTHES

Does Fish Skin Have a Future in Fashion?, Innovation

We – The Future Seen Through CraftPart One: Fish Skin as a Fashion Material and the Dyeing Techniques of Kyoto, Kyoto Seika University The Center for Innovation in Traditional Industries

Inuit culture - Wikipedia

Cleaned and repaired, fish skin coats from Siberia reveal indigenous knowledge –– Minneapolis Institute of Art

Does Fish Skin Have a Future in Fashion?, Innovation

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We – The Future Seen Through CraftPart One: Fish Skin as a Fashion Material and the Dyeing Techniques of Kyoto, Kyoto Seika University The Center for Innovation in Traditional Industries

Fish leather is here, it's sustainable – and it's made from invasive species to boot, Invasive species

PDF) Fish skin, a sustainable material used from ancient times to today's fashion

PDF) Kreatywność w tradycyjnym rzemiośle chińskim/ Creativity in traditional Chinese crafts

HEZHEN LIFE, CULTURE, STORIES AND FISHSKIN CLOTHES

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