Rare Philippine Ikat Textile. Ikat ceremonial tube skirt, "linaog" decorated with a stylized human ("utaw") and crocodile ("buaya") with intervening geometric and root-like motifs. Two smaller bands, flanking the main patterned band on the right and left, echo the main pattern with similar human-crocodile motifs. Woven abaca, natural dyes. Mandaya people of southeastern Mindanao, Philippines. Size: 55'' x 66'' (140 x 168 cm).