Cleveland Museum of Art

Shoulder basket (Bagobo people)

Date

c. 1875–1917

Medium

natural fibers, cloth, glass beads, metal

Culture

Philippines, Davao

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This shoulder bag is built on a rigid, flat-bottomed rattan basket. A rough, red-dyed cotton cloth has been shaped to the basket and secured with abacá fiber stitching. The strap features small metal sequins sewn along the strap and at the hem. Additional beaded strands hang from the strap junction and rim, each terminating in small fiber-wrapped tassels. The elaborate applied glass beadwork decorating the surface is characteristic of the Bagobo people.

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