RESEARCH DATA:

Similar to the Bontoc lufid, the Kankana-ey bak-ut—also known as getap, gaboy, palingay, palangay, or tapis—has three panels. The side panels feature anthropomorphic, diamond, and X motifs alongside stripes. These side panels are predominantly red with some bands or stripes in indigo. The middle panel is white and features a thick indigo band running through its center, decorated with an alternating green and yellow pattern. Near the warp ends of this panel, designs mainly include net-like patterns alongside colorful diamond motifs in green, red, and yellow. Each of the two warp edges is stitched to a textile band woven with indigo and red stripes and white dashed lines.These textile bands secure the warp edges and keep the weft threads from unraveling.
The bak-ut is worn together with an inandolo, wakes, or bakget—a belt that secures the skirt by wrapping around the wearer’s waist twice (The Kankanaey People of the Philippines: History, Culture, Customs and Tradition [Indigenous People | Cordillera Ethnic Tribes], n.d.).