Greetings! I am writing for my father who is an avid collector of textiles but is elderly and has not yet joined the internet age. He will be having an exhibit of some of his Filipino textiles at the Philippines Center of the Consulate General of the Philippines in New York. For more details on the event, see below or the attached announcement in pdf format.
For a few words on this collection, here is a short description he wrote up for one of his catalogues:
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This is a collection of textiles from the Philippines, mainly Northern Luzon, Mindanao and a few smaller islands. All the textiles were collected locally on the islands between 1970 and 1990 by reliable persons, friends, some by my daughter, Kim.
I was able to identify most of the pieces with the wonderful book "Sinaunang Habi" by Marion Pastor-Roces, Manila 1991. I also consulted Ms. Lisa Whittal of the Museum of Natural History, New York, Department of Anthropology.
I know from reports of visiting native Filipinos and also from Ms. Pastor-Roces, who curated an exhibit of such textiles a few years ago at NYU, that it is no longer possible to find such textiles locally in the Philippines. There appears to be no more production of such crafts. The techniques of complex dying and weaving (ikat) are practiced less and less, if at all, and will possibly be lost.
I believe it is not only desirable but necessary to show a larger public, including local Filipino natives and their Americanized offspring the wonders of Filipino culture and textile-crafts which are exclusively woven by women.
FILIPINO TEXTILES
From the Collection of Myunghee & Peter Reimann
February 4 - 15, 2008
Weekdays, 9 am - 5 pm
Opening Reception
Monday, February 4
6 - 8:00 pm
The Philippine Center
Philippine Consulate General
556 Fifth Avenue
(Between 45th & 46th Streets)
New York, N.Y. 10036
Information: 212-414-4883