Loincloth

Museum number:
10-3453
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4746
Description:
Woven cotton man's loin cloth, with decorative edge and tassels on one end. Dark brown with longitudinal narrow bands of tan and red, plus a 9.7 cm band of woven (tan) figures (pyramids, "X's", primitive human figures) along one long side.
Donor:
Cheryl Barton-Petrie
Collection place:
Ifugao Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon Island
Verbatim coll. place:
East Asia, Philippines, Southern Luzon, Ifugao
Culture or time period:
Ifugao
Collector:
Roy Franklin Barton
Collection date:
1906-1924
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Loincloths
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
December 10, 2004
Context of use:
Man's clothing.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 190 centimeters and width 33 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Loincloth, accession number 10-3453, described as Woven cotton man's loin cloth, with decorative edge and tassels on one end. Dark brown with longitudinal narrow bands of tan and red, plus a 9.7 cm band of woven (tan) figures (pyramids, "X's", primitive human figures) along one long side.

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