Cotton blanket from the mountains of Northern Luzon, possible origin Bontoc, Ifugao, or Kankanay (see "The People and Art of the Philippines" - Museum of Cultural History, UCLA, pp. 220-223). Striped design consisiting of red and navy stripes of varying widths alternating with a stripe of a zigzag pattern on a background of white. Five yellow stripes also appear, one directly down the center. Two panels have been sewn together, stripes running vertically, meeting at the center yellow stripe. Borders at each end consist of another panel of like material sewn with stripes running horizontally across vertical stripes of main piece. Short tassels in groups of twos are spaced evenly at both ends in red, white, yellow, and green. Pieces are stitched togther by machine.

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