In this episode of ATIN: Stories from the Collection, we explore the three main life stages of early Filipinos: life, marriage or alliance, and death.
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Burial, Indigenous Peoples, Citizenship, Material Culture
This is an image of a Filipino revolutionary officer in 1899.
What do our clothes say about our stories and our history? More than basic clothing, textiles are signifiers of customs and meanings, especially for indigenous groups.
There is a lot to unpack about the bag. Straddling between being a container and a garment, it is a functional expression of one’s self. What does a bag's content tell about us? What does the...