The Foundation maintains that the preservation of traditional patterns is also of utmost importance because they identify the Iban society.
The Foundation urges weavers to plant natural dye plants like engkudu (morinda), engkerebai and renggat/tarum (indigofera).
The Department has successfully co-organized an international exhibition of Iban ikat fabrics and weaving demonstration, in the United States of America. It was jointly organized with the Muscarelle Museum of Art (College of William and Mary in Virginia, Williamsburg) and the National Science Foundation, USA, July – August 1998.