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Backpack (Bagobo people)
early 1900s
- Medium
- Handwoven abacá cloth, printed cotton cloth, abacá fiber (braided/plaited cordage), glass beads, metal sequins, metal rings, fiber tassels
- Classification
- Textile
- Dimensions
- Overall: 24.1 x 35.6 cm (9 1/2 x 14 in.)
- Culture
- Philippines
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Textiles
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. G. Field Adams
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This backpack for men is constructed from a single length of handwoven abacá cloth, woven in a warp-faced plain weave with supplementary weft patterning. The beadwork uses glass beads of various colors arranged in geometric bands and diamond motifs characteristic of the Bagobo people. Two shoulder straps, constructed from braided abacá fibers overlaid with cotton cloth and embellished with beads and metal sequins, are attached through metal rings.
