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Bag

ClassificationsClothing and Adornments-bags, pouches, and purses

Datemid 20th century

Collection SiteMarawi City, Philippines, Asia

MediumCotton or silk and metal

Dimensionsbag only: 10 3/4 × 10 × 1/8 in. (27.3 × 25.4 × 0.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Frieda O. Wray from the Estate of Dr. & Mrs. Douglas and Carolyn Osborne

Object number2021.12.22

DescriptionThis small bag is made from a strip of woven fabric called a langkit and it comes from the Maranao people residing on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Langkit are made in elaborate handwoven patterns on backstrap looms, and they are typically sewn together with wider pieces of silk to create tube-shaped skirts called malong.

Thinner langkit are called tobrian and they are sewn horizontally to connect the pieces of silk that make up the length of the skirt. Wider langkit, such as this one, are called lakban and they are sewn vertically to bring the skirt panels together into a wearable, tube-like shape. In this case, a lakban langkit has been removed from a malong skirt, probably after it had worn out, and repurposed as a bag.

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