Overview

YAKAN TENNUN 1

30" x 30"

Acrylic on canvas

2024

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  • Artwork
  • Acrylic
  • Canvas

Artist

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.

Jean Christine Cadano Duquillo
Visual artist