A 2025 report from Mangshi’s Jingpo Museum describes a 480-square-metre building with 15 exhibition areas and more than 400 objects. Its subjects range from hunting and farming, governance and belief to weaving, dress, music, Munao, food, medicine and architecture. The collection therefore places cloth within a wider account of Jingpo life, rather than presenting a costume in isolation.
From the journal
What a Jingpo Museum Can Put on the Wall
Mangshi's Jingpo Museum announcement describes a collection and gallery plan that brings textiles into a wider cultural story.
In the same city · Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture ↗Textiles within a broader collection
Objects do not stand alone
The report names objects that make those themes concrete: a wooden drum, dongba instrument, long knife, woven cloth and bamboo utensils. It also describes demonstrations by elders and cultural inheritors, including weaving and bamboo work, alongside traditional dance. A gallery visit can thus connect a finished textile with the tools and practices shown around it.
The publisher’s Jingpo-language manual adds a teaching record beyond the museum: it explains 61 weaving patterns and their methods, connecting displayed textiles with a written form of craft instruction.