Bak-ut (b)
LOCAL NAME:
Bak-ut (b)
ENGLISH NAME:
Kankana-ey skirt
DESCRIPTION:
Kankana-ey, Mountain Province, Benguet: Bak-ut
A three-paneled wrap-around skirt with two identical side panels, featuring striped designs with diamond, X, and human figure motifs. The narrower middle panel is white and adorned with diamond patterns in red and indigo, along with indigo net-like motifs.
COMMONLY USED BY/IN:
Kankana-ey, Mountain Province, Benguet
MATERIAL COMPOSITION:
Cotton threads, Natural dye
ITEM CONSTRUCTION:
Weaving, Stitching
DIMENSIONS:
Length
124.5 cm
Width
80.5 cm
ACQUISITION YEAR:
2011
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 with a thin red line running through its center. Near the warp ends of this panel, designs mainly include net-like patterns alongside diamond motifs in red and indigo. 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.).
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