Headcloth; Pis Siyabit

Square man's cotton headcloth, pis siyabit, woven in one piece, with a geometric pattern achieved in tapestry technique with commercial yarns of yellow, red, orange, green, blue and cream. The design is of an all over pattern of interlocking shapes which could be interpreted at stars, diamonds or stylised rosettes, framed within a series of borders, also of geometric forms. A four-pointed motif at each corner. The headcloth is hemmed on all four sides, which are trimmed with a strip of cream crochet work. See Fraser-Lu, Sylvia. 1988. Handwoven Textiles of Southeast Asia. OUP page 171. | Tausug

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Date

20Th Century

Identifier

2012.146

Origin

Tausug,Philippines

Materials

Textile

Physical Dimensions

Overall: 1060 mm x 1027 mm

Provenance

Duncan, Robert

Short description

Headcloth; Pis Siyabit

Display status

In storage

References

See Fraser-Lu, Sylvia. 1988. Handwoven Textiles of Southeast Asia. OUP page 171.

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https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/2012.146

Collection

Horniman Museum

Source

Record accessed in November 2020
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“Headcloth; Pis Siyabit,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 26, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/2778.

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