Loincloth
50-49-1232
From: Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 50-49-1232 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bontoc |
Provenience | Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Cotton |
Description | Long piece of hand-woven red cotton cloth with four longitudinal green and yellow stripes. At ends, eighteen horizontal stripes, alternating yellow and blue (giving the impression of purple). Fringed with tufts of white, green, red, yellow. |
Length | 370 cm |
Width | 31 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950 |
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