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Badu | Women's blouse

Bugkalot

Origin

Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino

Medium

Cotton, mother-of-pearl, and brass wire

Dimensions

88 cm cuff to cuff, 38 cm shoulder to hem

Collection

Ethnographic Materials

Description

The badu or Bugkalot women’s blouse is made of red cotton fabric. Blue, black, yellow, and green threads are embroidered to create fern-leaf patterns and minute, serrated mother-of-pearl tassels are added for further decoration to suggest wealth of the wearer.

Acknowledgement

Ayala Museum Collection | Gift of Mercedes Zobel

Location

Museum Storage

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