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Wrap-Around Skirt (Tapis)
Wrap-Around Skirt (Tapis)
Wrap-Around Skirt (Tapis)

Wrap-Around Skirt (Tapis)

ClassificationsClothing and Adornments-principal attire (lower body)
Culture Ifugao
Datec. 1970
Made AtPhilippines, Asia
MediumCotton
Dimensions31 × 51 3/4 in. (78.7 × 131.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frieda O. Wray from the Estate of Dr. & Mrs. Douglas and Carolyn Osborne
Object number2021.12.9
DescriptionThis type of brightly colored textile is a wrap-around skirt garment, called a tapis, worn by Indigenous Ifugao women residing in the northern region of Luzon Island in the Philippines. A close look reveals anthropomorphic and reptilian figures woven in amidst the stripes.
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