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T’Boli Ceremonial Blanket (Kumo) of T’nalak Cloth

1969-1979

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T'Boli Arts & Crafts, SCM Cultural Foundation, Inc.

T’Boli Ceremonial Blanket (Kumo) of T’nalak Cloth

1969-1979

Physical Qualities Abaca, 112 x 76 in. (284.5 x 193 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Ann D. and Hiram Woodward
Object Number 2014.164
A "blanket" or kumo consisting of three widths of t'nalak (T’nalit) cloth (ikat woven abaca or abaca-based). The blanket is composed of three long, narrow sections of stiff woven fabric (approximately 27-1/4"/ 22-1/4"/ 26 -1/4"), each joined selvage to selvage with running stitches of dark brown abaca thread. The fabric is warp faced with numerous thinner warps covering most of the thick brown wefts giving the impression of a deep brown ground. Each panel has both wide and groups of narow red stripes patterned with intricate white designs produced by weaving of resist bound warp threads. Brown areas are wider and also intricately patterned with red and white designs produced in the same way. The surface of the fabric is shiny and the fibers have a flattened surface. The outer edges as well as the seam edges are selvages. The short ends are turned to the back approximately 1/4" and hemmed with the same dark brown thread using whip stitches.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2014; Hiram Woodward, Baltimore, by purchase in Manila, Phillipine Islands, 1970s.
https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/tboli-profiles-transition#:~:text=The%20T'Boli%20are%20one,the%20southern%20coast%20of%20Mindanao.

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