Turban
Title
Turban
Description
One silk headcloth with multi-colored plaid design. The plaid is made up of various widths of stripes in magenta green orange blue and purple. The material has a self-edge on two sides the other two have been cut. The use of colorful headcloths was a widespread custom in Mindanao and Sulu. These squarish pieces of cloth are also sometimes used as cloth belts and are knotted around the regular trousers. Among certain sects the way the headcloth is tied indicates social status the formality of the occasion or the village of origin. Donor's father collected a number of textiles while stationed in the Philippines as an Army officer - before 1917.
Identifier
1987.005.012