Trousers
2003-31-7
From: Philippine Islands | Mindanao
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 2003-31-7 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bagobo |
Provenience | Philippine Islands | Mindanao |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Abaca | Glass |
Description | Bagobo man’s trousers called saroár. Gussets in four pieces at crotch. Ikat on plain weave of abaca - brown/dark brown, red, and undyed. These colors would have come from the same dye source, the roots of Morinda Citrifolia, which produces a spectrum of red hues. Flattened, wrinkled, fraying at hems, torn – suggests that it was worn by one of the Bagobo men at Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. Beaded embroidery on hems of both legs in a design commonly found in Bagobo. According to art historian Lynda Angelica N. Reyes, this design is commonly found in Bagobo textiles to represent the crocodile as a charm to ward off evil. Some patchwork. |
Length | 51 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1995.X.15294 - Other Number | CIVIC1995.X.15294 - Other Number |
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