2016-10-008877 (additional number, BETS University tracking number)
Accession number:
Acc.4800
Description:
woman's ceremonial dress: Inabal, made of woven abacá (Manila hemp/banana) and trade cotton cloth, decorated with applique and kalati (hand made mother of pearl disks), c. 1900
Donor:
Estate of Kenneth W. Payne, Kenneth W. Payne, and Peter Goldblum
Collection place:
Mindanao Island, Mindanao island group, Philippines
Verbatim coll. place:
Tagabawa Bagobo, S.E. Mindanao, Philippinjes
Culture or time period:
Bagobo
Collector:
Kenneth W. Payne
Materials:
Banana fiber (manila hemp is a type of buff-colored fiber obtained from musa textilis, a relative of edible bananas, which is also called manila hemp as well as abacá.), Cotton (textile) (trade cotton cloth, with applique), and Mother of pearl (hand made disks)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dresses (garments)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Production date:
ca. 1900
Accession date:
November 15, 2016
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
measured by appraiser— depth 0.5 inches, measured by appraiser— height 38 inches, and measured by appraiser— width 27 inches