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YAKAN TENNUN 1

30" x 30"
Acrylic on canvas
2024
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- Artwork
- Acrylic
- Canvas
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This is painting depicts a modern young tennun (yakan tribe handwoven fabric) weaver during a nennun (actual weaving) in a Yakan community in Zamboanga city. The weaver uses a backstrap loom using a lightweight wood and a strap that is wrapped around the back where the tension of her body facilitates the tension in the loom. She weaves the sepuntangan, a tennun with an intricate geometric design pattern.

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