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Gamong

LOCAL NAME:

Gamong

ENGLISH NAME:

Tie-dyed blanket

DESCRIPTION:

Ifugao: Gamong

The blanket is composed of four panels. It has ikat designs with diamonds, x's and v's. The adolna (middle part of the blanket) has a mole cricket-like pattern.

COMMONLY USED BY/IN:

Ifugao

MATERIAL COMPOSITION:

Cotton threads, Natural dye

ITEM CONSTRUCTION:

Weaving, Stitching, Tie-dye

DIMENSIONS:

Length
471 cm

Width
300 cm

ACQUISITION YEAR:

2021

RESEARCH DATA:

This is a unique blanket that combines the ikat technique with supplementary weft weaving. This gamong is a first-class blanket and is customarily given to the oldest child, regardless of gender. The inverted V or arrow shape (hinoloh’long) motif and the diamond (kinokulippo) motif are some of the first patterns ikat producers have adapted from woven designs in striped clothes (Kron-Steinhardt, 1993). The anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures in Ifugao gamong consist of straight lines, zigzags, diamonds, and triangles, which are most easily interpreted as inherent in the weaving process. The weaver cannot overlook the option of complex bilateral symmetry made up of four independently woven sections (Pastor-Roces, 1991).

REFERENCES:

Kron-Steinhardt, C., C.(1993). Isinai Kinuttiyan: Traces of an Obscure Weaving Tradition.
Pastor-Roces, M. (1991). Sinaunang Habi: Philippine Ancestral Weave. Nikki Books.

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