Tube Skirt

82-22-2

From: Philippine Islands | Mindanao

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name Linaog
Object Number 82-22-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mandaya
Provenience Philippine Islands | Mindanao
Section Oceanian
Materials Abaca
Description

Abaca cloth, with brown ikat patterns in stripes, including human figures in widest stripes. Two lengths, joined side by side to make a tube. This is a Mindaya fabric (compare 82-22-1 and The People and Art of the Philippines, Figure 100) made into a malong (tube skirt) which is not a Mindaya garment.

Length 184 cm
Width 144 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Root, Jr., 1982
Other Number L-887-2 - Old Loan Number

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