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Synopsis The Collection of Textiles in the Madhab Chandra Goswami Museum, Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University is important for the reasons that these are collected from among most of the ethno-cultural groups of Northeast India. These reflect the cultural identities of the ethno-cultural groups of the seven sister's states in a variable proportions. Textiles from each area have distinctiveness of their own.

In this book the textiles of Northeast India are examined on comparative basis. In fact this book has given visual identity for each ethnocultural group inhabiting in this part of India. In fact vibrations of cultures of Northeast India.

The Museum preserves such priceless cultural heritages of Northeast India. The book is a catalogue of the textile materials collected from the seven sisters' states of Northeast India comprising Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura.