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Abaca cloth
Abaca cloth

Abaca cloth

about 1900
Object PlaceMindanao, Republic of the Philippines
Medium/TechniqueLeaf fiber (abaca) plain-weave, painted or printed pigments
DimensionsOverall: 210.8 x 838.2 cm (83 x 330 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number03.716
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceSaid to have belonged to a Mr. Noros, Lake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines [see note]. About 1899/1902, acquired in the Philippines by an army officer and sold to W. E. Healey, Boston; sold by W. E. Healey to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1903, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 10, 1903)

NOTE: Provenance is according to a letter from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA (February 26, 1903). This is one in group of textiles (03.714 - 03.716) probably made for the trade market.