Sash

Group: Bagobo

Total view

Detail of the wider part of the sash

The sash is decorated with strips of cloth in appliqué tehnique, and spangles

Description

A sash, made up of colourful cotton cloth stitched together in apllique technique. The sash is worn as a belt around the waist, holding a tubular skirt, which is usually made of abaca fibre (wild banana).

Dimensions:

- total length: 180 cm.
- narrow part in the middle: 5 cm.x 40 cm.
- decorated ends: 10 cm. x 40 c.m.

A Bagobo Cultural group posing after a performance in Davao City, in 1975. The woman sitting on the right wears a skirt made of abaca and a sash. Photograph: courtesy Mr. Rudy Aguio, Davao City, the Philippines.

Remarks

Ethnic group: Bagobo
Location: South east Mindanao