Object Name: Giniling and Padang

Provenance: Ifugao
Giniling (right)
Ifugao
Brass
L 11.5 cm
MK Collection

Bracelets made of coiled brass weirs are used by wealthy Ifugao women. They are usually worn on the right wrist but wealthier women are said to have worn them in both their right and left wrists (Ellis, 1981, 244).

Padang (left)
Ifugao
Brass
L 11.5 cm
MK Collection

Ifugao men wear coiled brass wires as leg accessories. The positioning and number of leg accessories worn by a man indicates his rank in traditional Ifugao society. For instance, a kadangyan would usually wear it in both legs, and with matching armlets, while someone of lower middle-class background will only wear one on the left leg or both legs but with no matching bracelets (Ellis 1981, 244).