Death Blanket of Banton

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Death Blanket of Banton

The Banton burial cloth, another National Cultural Treasure, is actually just a piece of the blanket used by Filipinos in the 13th to 14th centuries to wrap a corpse. It was found in the 1960s inside the Guyangan Cave in Banton, Romblon along with other artifacts such as Ming period blue and white ceramics. ^[0]

Also known as ikat,the piece of burial cloth is said to be the oldest existing cloth in the country and possibly the oldest warpikat textile in Southeast Asia. ^[0]

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Citation Linkfilipiknow.netPhilippine Trivia

Nov 9, 2018, 10:41 AM

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Citation Linkopinion.inquirer.nethttp://opinion.inquirer.net/15599/history-and-design-in-death-blankets

Nov 11, 2018, 10:20 PM