Barong Tagalog with Bahay Kubo and Tinikling Dancers

A shirt worn by Juan "Johnny" de los Reyes. The shirt is embroidered with figures dancing the tinikling, a traditional Filipino dance in which participants jump between long bamboo sticks, and bahay kubo, nipa huts common in the Philippines.

Unidentified

Unidentified

Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario

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Physical Object

JDLR.2021.49

Clothing (shirt)