Abacá
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Abacá (Spanish), Musa textilis, is a species of banana endemic to the Philippines. The plant grows to 13–22 feet (4.0–6.7 m), and averages about 12 feet (3.7 m). The plant, also known as Manila hemp, has great economic importance, being harvested for its fiber, also called Manila hemp, extracted from the leaf-stems.
Abacá fiber drying in abaca farm, Costa Rica
The Banton Burial Cloth (c. 1200-1400 AD), the oldest existing example of warp ikat in Southeast Asia at the National Museum of the Philippines). The cloth was found in the sacred Ipot cave of Romblon. It is made from abacá.
Abacá Fiber in Lagonoy, Camarines Sur, Philippines
Tboli people
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The Tboli people are an Austronesian ethnic group native to South Cotabato in southern Mindanao in the Philippines.
A Tboli sculpture, on display in the Tboli museum near Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, Philippines.
A Tboli rural residence.
Tnalak cloth of Tboli dream weavers have patterns inspired by dreams and blessed by Fu Dalu, the Tboli god of abacá