After sketching the dioramas at the #AyalaMuseum, I went up to the exhibition called ‘Skeins of Knowledge, Threads of Wisdom‘, which displays traditional textiles from the Mercedes Zobel Collection. My first sketch is of a Bagobo warrior (Magani) with a dance spear and shield (the Bagobo are a tribe from Mindanao).

The second sketch is a mannequin dressed in Itneg textiles carrying a brass gong and wearing an Abag (loincloth) and Salakot/Kattukong (woven hat). The Itneg are an indigenous peoples from northwestern Luzon. I was sketching these in semi-darkness (I assume they keep it that way to preserve the colours of the fabrics)…so I didn’t know what the colours would turn out like!

Sat-19-Oct-2024