Lbung - Blaan Woman's Upper garment
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LBUNG
The kind of upper garment (lbung)is Lbung Nsif na Takmun. It is a combination of embroidery made from mother of pearl and of beads. The cherry red like color is a color made from a tree named ‘sfang’. The brown like color is a color made from ‘lageh’. ‘Sfang’ and‘lageh’ are all trees in Blaan.The material used is made from abaca ‘lutay’. Lutay Balngulan is the wild type of abaca which has a soft fiber.
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Albōñ : Woman’s jacket of red hemp cloth. Has embroidery on all parts and also several thousand shell disks, in designs, on front, back and sleeves. Sleeves of black hemp cloth. A very fine specimen.
Field Museum Catalogue Number: 129400
(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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[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.)
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