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Object Number
997-19-70/5757
Display Title
Woman's skirt
Descriptions
Object Description
Woman's skirt composed of three longitudinal panels and a transverse panel at each end. The two outer longitudinal panels are decorated primarily with brick-red and indigo warp stripes and secondarily with green and yellow warp stripes; the wefts are indigo. The central panel carries white and indigo warp stripes over white wefts. Indigo, bright blue, yellow, and red supplementary wefts create broken diamond and zig-zag registers at both ends of the central panel.
Inventory Description
Skirt, multicolored stripe pattern, sewn borders, embroidered
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
20th century
Culture
- Ifugao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Philippines
Materials
Cotton, Dye, Cotton fabric
Dimensions
Overall: 73.6 x 134.5 cm (29 x 52 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
997-19-70/5757; HANDWOVEN / SILAHIS / ARTS AND ARTIFACTS / PHILIPPINES
Credit Line
Gift of Monni Adams
Provenance
Provenance
Silahis
(1970)
Collector
Dr. Monni Adams
(1970 - 8/13/97)
Donor
Dr. Monni Adams
(1970 - 8/13/97)
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