Rara : art and tradition of mat weaving in the Philippines
Entry/Object ID
TT847.5.P6.N7 2016
Description
"From the north and the south of the Philippine archipelago come mats that show aspects as well as the creative and artistic adjustments, imaginative adaptability that they display in how they are conceptualized and made. The colors, the materials, the uses, the varieties in both their common or mundane level and their outstanding and accomplished heights are the subject of this book." -- PUBLISHER
Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Anna Arzt
Notes
Gift of Anna Arzt, August 2025.
Lexicon
Search Terms
hand weaving--philippines--history, mats, mat industry--philippines--history, mat weaving--philippines, weaving--philippines
Legacy Lexicon
Category
Book
Book Details
Author
lmer I. Nocheseda, HABI, the Philippine Textile Council, Museum Foundation of the Philippines
Publisher
HABI, the Philippine Textile Council, Museum Foundation of the Philippines
Place Published
City
Makati City
Date Published
2016
Notes
Length: 330
General Notes
Note Type
Contents
Note
I. Mats as tradition. 1. Mats: woven into history and consciousness ; 2. What mats mean: revaluation of a Filipino tradition ; 3. Haja Amina Appi: master weaver and national treasure ; 4. Making mats: form, technique, process -- II. Mats as material. 5. Ebus and palm mats ; 6. Karagumoy and pandan mats ; 7. Lampakanay and sedge mats ; 8. Nof and bamboo mats ; 9. Oway and rattan mats -- Weaving communities and their mats -- Glossary.
