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Item: #TXT02 a complete gaddang male costume Jacket: length = 56 cms. width: 42 cms. Loincloth: length = 256 cms. width: 14 CMS. Cape: length = 119 cms. width: 90 CMS. Pouch: length = 89 cms. Knife: length = 32 cms. Handspun cotton with glass beads, silver rings and other accessories MID 20th CENTURY, Gaddang people

The Gaddang of the cordillera mountain ranges are known for their tightly-woven, handspun cotton textiles, which they decorate with tiny bunches of glass beads. This exceptional and complete ensemble is composed of the following pieces.

• Jacket, in alternating red and white stripes, decorated with beads along the joinery and edges.
• Red loincloth, decorated with beads on both edges.
• Cape, of alternating blue and white stripes, with a frontal panel of braided, beaded string, and beads along the edges.
• Headscarf of commercial cotton decorated with beaded triangles at all four corners.
• Pouch of red commercial cotton, decorated with beads and with silver rings acting as closures for the pouch area.
• Cap of very finely-woven basketry work, decorated with beads and with the distinctive mother-of-pearl pendants.
• Small knife with a beaded scabbard and a small anthromorphic figure at the hilt.

Price: USD 1,500.00 (7 piece set)

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