Head Cloth

"176- Head ornament of carabao horn. See Geographical Magazine, Sept. 1912, page 878, Yango- headdress. Used by rich man only."<br /><br />A length of red cloth to be wound turban fashion around the head and ornament of carabao horn (crescent shaped), adorned with tufts of white bird feathers on the ends. Center of "crescent" covered with 4 vertical bands of braided rattan. Actually the horn is in 2 halves and braiding plus small piece of extra horn reenforces the join. Supposedly the red cloth denotes one who has killed a man. (Red cloth very rotten).

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Identifier

117,920_50-49-1781B

Origin

Philippine Islands|Northern Luzon (Ifugao)

Materials

Cotton

Physical Dimensions

251.0 cm long 51.0 cm wide

Provenance

Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950

Display status

Not on display

Official Website

http://www.penn.museum/collections/object/117920

Collection

Penn Museum

Source

Record accessed in February 2021
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“Head Cloth,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 24, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/5237.

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