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Abaca cloth
Filipino
American colonial period
about 1900
Object Place: Mindanao, Republic of the Philippines, Lake Lanao region
Medium/Technique
Leaf fiber (abaca) plain-weave, painted or printed pigments
Dimensions
Overall: 210.8 x 838.2 cm (83 x 330 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number03.716
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLarge abaca cloth created by hand-stitching several pieces together with overall design of zigzag bands filled with stylized floral motifs, deep points, diamonds, rosettes and scrolling arabesques along the border in red, black and yellow on a natural ecru ground; hand-stitched hems. Natural colored hemp on which are painted or printed many borders and panels. The designs consist of scrolls, deep points, diamonds, rosettes and diagonal bands filled with conventional floral ornament. On one end are panels of conventional symmetrical floral ornament. The colors are red, yellow, black and white.
This piece may have been used as a bedcover.
This piece may have been used as a bedcover.
ProvenanceSaid to have belonged to a Mr. Noros, Lake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines [see note]. About 1899/1902, acquired in the Philippines by an army officer and sold to W. E. Healey, Boston; sold by W. E. Healey to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1903, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 10, 1903)
NOTE: Provenance is according to a letter from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA (February 26, 1903). This is one in group of textiles (03.714 - 03.716) probably made for the trade market.
NOTE: Provenance is according to a letter from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA (February 26, 1903). This is one in group of textiles (03.714 - 03.716) probably made for the trade market.