Cleveland Museum of Art

Headcloth (Yakan seputangan)

Date

c. early 1900s

Medium

plain weave with paired weft: cotton; supplementary weft: silk

Culture

Philippines

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This seputangan (headcloth) was produced by the Yakan people of Basilan, and worn by men in ceremonial, formal, and dress contexts. The cloth was woven on a back-strap loom with a cotton warp and patterned using supplementary-weft silk, which produces the characteristic lustrous motifs across the surface. The vivid, high-contrast color combinations are characteristic of Yakan ceremonial textiles. This textile’s geometric intensity recalls the Tausug pis siyabit , but is technically and culturally distinct.

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