Trousers
2003-31-6
From: Philippine Islands | Mindanao
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2003-31-6 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bagobo |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Mindanao |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Abaca | Glass |
| Description | Bagobo man’s trousers called saroár. Gussets in four pieces at crotch. Ikat on plain weave of abaca - brown/dark brown, red, and undyed. These colors would have come from the same dye source, the roots of Morinda Citrifolia, which produces a spectrum of red hues. Flattened, wrinkled, fraying at hems, torn – suggests that it was worn by one of the Bagobo men at Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904. Beaded embroidery around one leg opening. Patch of beads at top near waist band. Braided waist drawstring. Some patchwork. |
| Width | 72 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1995.X.15293 - Other Number | CIVIC1995.X.15293 - Other Number |
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