KYAWIT - Blaan Man's Belt

Annotated text (Blaan Kastulen June, 2022)

KYAWIT

Confirmed as Kyawit. Used as man’s belt to hold up trousers. The plain abaca thread is also used as a tie to the ‘baw’, commonly covered with banana leaves. Baw is a term used to send food to your in-laws to show a good relationship. Now commonly called , ‘galing’ which means belt. Material is made from abaca thread. Decorated with cloth and beads slipped through abaca thread.

Original Text

(From reference card of the Field Museum Catalogue Number: 129408) 

Name: Kiawit:

Narrow belt made of 3 colored hemp. Tassels of white beads tipped with colored yarn at one end. Used by a man to hold up trousers. (editor note: see the ensemble  showing the belt tied to the side as photographed by Cooper Cole)

Fieldwork number: 1622

Field Museum Catalogue Number: 129408

(Note: all instances of either B'laan, Bilaan or Bila-an in the Mapping Database have been changed to Blaan after specific requests from the Blaan of Sarangani Province June 2022. This would differ from the terminology in the original record, which is considered derogatory by the Blaan.)

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Identifier

FIELD-1030786

Origin

Cultural affiliation: Blaan (Note: all instances of either B'laan, Bilaan or Bila-an in the Mapping Database have been changed to Blaan after specific requests from the Blaan of Sarangani Province June 2022. This would differ from the terminology in the original record, which is considered derogatory by the Blaan. Read more...)

Materials

Beads

Provenance

[1139] Fifth R.F. Cummings Ethnological Expedition to Philippines Islands - ethnology - Manobo, Blaan, and Divavaan Mandaya (Expedition) Accession number: 1139; Collected by Dr. Fay-Cooper Cole (Note: all instances of either B'laan, Bilaan or Bila-an in the Mapping Database have been changed to Blaan after specific requests from the Blaan of Sarangani Province June 2022. This would differ from the terminology in the original record, which is considered derogatory by the Blaan.)

Acquisition Date

1911

Display status

Not on display

Acknowledgements

(c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/1475afa0-271b-4f21-b63a-f9f3676a3eda (accessed on 21 Jul 2021); Courtesy of: S. Carlson. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/3e85e5fa-5cd4-4eb5-9da0-f3c7ac00ff51 (accessed on 21 Sep 2021)

Official Website

https://philippines.fieldmuseum.org/heritage/catalogue/1030786

Collection

The Field Museum of Natural History

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“ KYAWIT - Blaan Man's Belt,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 19, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/17030.

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