Loin cloth (Binuhlan)
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Loincloth for the gentleman. Fabric in chain rib weave blue, red and a little yellow striped with chain pattern. A blue stripe on each of the long sides of the cloth has alternating blue and white patterns in chain technology, which are made on the narrow sides as five representations of people per stripe. These ends of the cloth are also decorated with three cross ribbons each made of red wool, white and yellow cotton using the insertion technique, which are twisted and end in fringes. On the narrow sides of the loincloth, too, the non-woven warp threads run out into fringes, which have not yet been cut in this piece. The binuhlan is worn the same as the wanoh loincloth (43602) (Vanoverbergh 1929: 201). Lamprecht (1958: 19-22) gives detailed web instructions and an explanation of the patterns. After him, Binuhlan literally means: "the one viewed from the eyes of an enemy"; The stem of the word is Buhul, the enemy.
See: 43602, 41791
Lit .: Vanoverbergh, M .: Dress and Adornment in the Mountain Province of Luzon, Phil.Islands. In .: Publ. Of the.Cath.Anthropol.Conference Vol I, No.5, 1929: 181-242
Lamprecht, F .: The Ifugao Weaving. In: Folklore Studies, Vol.17, 1958: 1-53
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(Culture of the Ifugao people values kinship, family ties, religious and cultural beliefs. They're unique among all ethnic groups in North Luzon for their interesting customs and traditions. The Spanish never were able to take control of the Ifugao territory.)
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Length: L. with fringes: 416 cm
Length: L. without fringes: 386 cm
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