RESEARCH DATA:

The X and V motifs on this loincloth are produced through the binobodan (Wanoh | Museo Kordilyera, n.d.), a dyeing process in Ifugao in which sections of warp threads are purposefully tied to resist the dye and form the desired motifs. A plain weaving technique is used to weave this ikat garment, as with other ikat textiles. This particular loincloth from the collection is called wanno/wanoh or binulhan/binuhlan by the Ifugao. Loincloths like this may feature various motifs; this specific garment features X and V ikat motifs along with red and black stripes. The X motif is identified as the shuttle design or the hinikkitan, which represents the weaver gods of the Ifugao (Martin et al., 2020).