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).
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