Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) Female collector, Andrea Bamberg MiglianoMost of the adult Batak still wear traditional clothes. The g-strings (baag) are still made today in the traditional way. The women prepare the g-strings: first they take the bark of a special tree (which can be ‘embalod’, for preparing a white g-string or ‘namwan’ for brown g-string). After that , the bark is washed many times and left to dry under the sun. Most of the men wear the g-strings, and the women wear skirts, however the traditional skirts, made with the bark of the trees in the same way as the g-strings, were replaced by industrialized and colourful fabrics. The replacement by industrialised fabrics probably happened a long time ago, since none of the interviewed women could remember anyone wearing traditional skirts.
Event Date 8/6/2006
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Piece of white barkcloth made from the bark of the ‘embalod’ tree. The fibres are clearly visible.
Event Date 8/6/2006
Author: maa