Loincloth Embroidery
50-49-1794
From: Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 50-49-1794 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Apayao |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon |
| Locus | Apayao |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Description | "102- sample of embroidery. This stitching takes months to make, is used for decoration of the G-string and considered a valuable heirloom." Blue rectangular piece with lines of stitches in colored thread. Wide red wool and blue cotton fringe on one edge. |
| Length | 48 cm |
| Width | 19 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950 |
| Other Number | 102 - Other Number |
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