Amba’yong, Ambáyung (b)
LOCAL NAME:
Amba’yong, Ambáyung (b)
ENGLISH NAME:
Hip bag
DESCRIPTION:
Ifugao: Amba’yong, Ambáyung
A black cotton hip bag with a brass handle, orange striped designs on the body, and twisted fringes. It has a center seam with orange and yellow embroideries
COMMONLY USED BY/IN:
Ifugao
MATERIAL COMPOSITION:
Cotton threads, Natural dye, Yarn, Brass
ITEM CONSTRUCTION:
Weaving, Dyeing, Embroidery, Metalworking
DIMENSIONS:
Length
13.5 cm
Width
19 cm
Fringes
31.5 cm
Handle Length
16.5 cm
Handle Height
9 cm
Coil Length
8.5 cm
ACQUISITION YEAR:
2016
RESEARCH DATA:
This hip bag from the collection is called an amba’yong or ambáyung. It features stripes composed of twill-woven patterns in orange outlined by yellow threads. These patterns resemble the hinulgi stripes (Lambrecht, 1958), which are composed of diamond motifs often seen in the amba’yong, and appear to be a variant of these stripes. Compared to pinuh’ha hip bags, the amba’yong is smaller in size, although both serve the same function of carrying personal effects.
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