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Mandaya ikat textile (dagmay)

c. early 1900s

Philippines

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Medium
hemp: plain weave, dyed
Measurements
Overall: 157.5 x 77.2 cm (62 x 30 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. G. Field Adams 1917.748.b
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After weaving, abacá ikat cloths were soaked in iron-rich river mud, which deepens the browns and blacks, strengthens the fiber, and sets the dyes.

Description

This textile is a Mandaya abacá ikat cloth woven in southeastern Mindanao. It is made from hand-stripped abacá fibers that are resist-dyed using the Mandaya ikat technique, in which selected warp threads are tightly bound before dyeing to produce patterned sections during weaving. The designs embody Mandaya cosmology and are traditionally associated with protection, fertility, and the presence of umagad (ancestral spirits).

Mandaya ikat textile (dagmay)

c. early 1900s

Philippines

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