Mandaya ikat textile (dagmay)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Mandaya ikat textile (dagmay)

c. early 1900s

plain weave hemp, dyed
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

After weaving, abacá ikat cloths were soaked in iron-rich river mud, which deepens the browns and blacks, strengthens the fiber, and sets the dyes.

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