Paj Ntaub & Textile Arts

Paj Ntaub

Paj ntaub, the Hmong flower cloth, is embroidery, geometry, and record-keeping at once, and the story cloths sewn in the Thai refugee camps turned needlework into narrative history. This shelf collects books on the textile tradition and books built around it, like Dia's Story Cloth, where a stitched panel carries a family's whole journey. Essential for anyone teaching Hmong art or trying to read the cloth hanging in their own family's home.