Artist Sue Lawty examines the Ainu robe and discusses its properties as a garment made from elm bark. Lawty explored the Cooper Hewitt collection as part of her Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship.

Read more about this object on the Cooper Hewitt Collection website: collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18446005/

World Beach Project Footage courtesy of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

You can read more about the World Beach Project on the Victoria and Albert Museum website:
www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/w/world-beach-project/