Painga (c)
LOCAL NAME:
Painga (c)
ENGLISH NAME:
Ear adornment
DESCRIPTION:
A pair of painga, also known as pawisak or bawisak. They are composed of butterfly-shaped pendants and white, red, orange and white beads.
COMMONLY USED BY/IN:
Ga’dang, Mountain Province
MATERIAL COMPOSITION:
Beads, Shell, Brass, Thread
ITEM CONSTRUCTION:
Beadwork
DIMENSIONS:
Length:
6 cm
ACQUISITION YEAR:
2021
RESEARCH DATA:
These butterfly-shaped ear ornaments, known as painga, originate from Ga’dang. This piece in the collection serves as an earring worn by the Ga’dang ethnolinguistic group in Paracelis, Mountain Province. Primarily worn by women, this earring is adorned with intricate beadwork in red, yellow, white, and black, representing the traditional colours of the Ga’dang. According to Maramba (1998), wearing a painga is a distinguishing feature of women.
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