Loincloth (uncertain)
82-18-1
From: Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 82-18-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bontoc (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | Long, narrow cotton cloth, dark blue with four thin longitudinal stripes (each red-white-red) and broad decorated borders at both ends. Border decoration consists of white, yellow, and red stripes of (negative) circles with dots in the centers, two rows of yellow X's, red and peach zig zag lines, and stripes of white diamonds. Twisted fringes. For specimens similar in weave, colors, and decorative patterns, see 50-49-493 and 50-49-1220, both Bontoc |
| Length | 341.75 cm |
| Width | 37 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Edward H. MacDonald, 1982 |
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