Wrap Around Skirt (Pinapa)

This wrap around skirt of a woman originates from the rancheria Lamao and was, according to Schadenberg, an old heirloom piece. The silk fabric is in plain weave and consists of three assembled panels. The outside edges and seams were embroidered with dark red silk yarn. Occasionally, the embroidery is suddenly interrupted, giving the impression there was not sufficient yarn. (Ursula Brandl-Straka 2009: 80)

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Identifier

MVW42076

Origin

Northern Luzon, Abra, rancheria Lamao;Tinguian (ltneg)

Materials

Silk

Physical Dimensions

148 x 92 cm

Provenance

Schadenberg; before 1891 Alexander Schadenberg (1851-1896) was a chemist and ethnographer, and a natural history enthusiast. Born in Breslau, Germany, he studied chemistry and botany. After receiving his Ph.D., he worked as the assistant director of the Potassic Salt Works in Stassfurt. In 1876, he went to worked as a chemist for the drug company Pablo Sartorius in Manila and in 1879, illness forced him to move back to Breslau. From 1881 to 1883, Schadenberg and his friend Otto Koch visited southern Mindanao to carry out ethnographic and linguistic studies, basing themselves in the Bagobo village of Sibulan. There, they also made ethnographic and natural history collections. Upon their return to Germany Schadenberg spent several years working on his collections, publishing, lecturing and corresponding with museums and anthropological societies throughout Europe. Schadenberg later returned to the Philippines and became a partner of Pablo Sartorius. He settled with his family in Vigan in 1885 and continued his excursions among the native people of the islands. After Schadenberg's death in 1896, his collections passed to several museums in Dresden, Vienna, Berlin, and Leiden.

Acquisition Date

before 1891

Short description

According to Pastor-R0ces, these textiles, called pinapa, belong to the most precious valuables of Tinguian. Ownership indicates high status. Sometimes they were made from silk, sometimes from a mix of silk and handspun cotton, with stripes and embroidery at the edges and assembly seams (1991: 62, ill. 27; 250). Cole mentions that pinapa were worn during the ceremonial daeng dance and also that they were used to cover the feet of a corpse during burial ceremonies (1922: 313).

Display status

Not on display

References

The Philippines: Museum of Ethnology, Vienna : Early Collections. Vienna: Museum für Volkerkünde, 2009. Print.

Cole, Fay-Cooper. 1922. THE TINGUIAN: SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS, AND ECONOMIC LIFE OF A PHILIPPINE TRIBE (1922), pp. 231-233, 235-489, 491-493 (347 pages) Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History. Anthropological Series Vol. 14, No. 2. Link here.

Pastor-Roces, Marian 1991. Sinaunang habi: Philippine ancestral weave (The Nikki Coseteng Filipiniana series 1).

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https://www.weltmuseumwien.at/

Collection

Vienna Museum of Ethnology

Source

Translated from German by Google Translate Record accessed March 2021

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“Wrap Around Skirt (Pinapa),” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 19, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/6071.

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