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The lilaktob or lilagtob cloth is a handwoven cotton textile traditionally made by the Kalinga, specifically in the village of Naneng in Tabuk. (“Kalinga,” 2011). This particular piece is a three-paneled wrap-around skirt, designed with intricate geometric patterns arranged in a linear fashion across the width of the skirt. The patterns include circular motifs, checks, and rounded zigzags. The name of this cloth comes from the successive arrangement of these motifs vertically, derived from the root word “lagtob”, which means “one after another” or “sequentially”.