Fu Yabing Masalon Dulo | |
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Born | |
Died | January 26, 2021[1]
South Cotabato, Philippines | (aged 106)
Nationality | Filipino |
Known for | Textile |
Style | Blaan traditional mabal tabih weaving and dyeing |
Awards |
National Living Treasure Award 2016 |
Fu Yabing Masalon Dulo (August 8, 1914 – January 26, 2021), [1] commonly referred to as Fu Yabing, was a Filipino textile master weaver and dyer, credited with preserving the Blaan traditional mabal tabih art of ikat weaving and dyeing. [2] At the time of her death, she was one of only two surviving master designers of the mabal tabih art of the indigenous Blaan people of southern Mindanao in the Philippines. [3]
She was given the National Living Treasures Award by the Philippines through the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. [2]
Fu Yabing was born on August 8, 1914, in modern-day Polomolok, South Cotabato. [3] She resided on Mount Matutum. [4] Fu Yabing began weaving at age 14. [5] Two of her tabih are considered masterpieces. One of these is displayed in the Philippine National Museum. [5]
To preserve the Blaan weaving tradition, Fu Yabing taught the craft of tabih to her only daughter Lamina Dulo Gulili and women in her community. [4] She was also given the honorific "Fu," as a Blaan elder. [2]
She retired from weaving in 2018 after a motorcycle accident. [5]
Fu Yabing died in her sleep on January 26, 2021, at the age of 106. [6]
Fu Yabing Masalon Dulo | |
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Born | |
Died | January 26, 2021[1]
South Cotabato, Philippines | (aged 106)
Nationality | Filipino |
Known for | Textile |
Style | Blaan traditional mabal tabih weaving and dyeing |
Awards |
National Living Treasure Award 2016 |
Fu Yabing Masalon Dulo (August 8, 1914 – January 26, 2021), [1] commonly referred to as Fu Yabing, was a Filipino textile master weaver and dyer, credited with preserving the Blaan traditional mabal tabih art of ikat weaving and dyeing. [2] At the time of her death, she was one of only two surviving master designers of the mabal tabih art of the indigenous Blaan people of southern Mindanao in the Philippines. [3]
She was given the National Living Treasures Award by the Philippines through the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. [2]
Fu Yabing was born on August 8, 1914, in modern-day Polomolok, South Cotabato. [3] She resided on Mount Matutum. [4] Fu Yabing began weaving at age 14. [5] Two of her tabih are considered masterpieces. One of these is displayed in the Philippine National Museum. [5]
To preserve the Blaan weaving tradition, Fu Yabing taught the craft of tabih to her only daughter Lamina Dulo Gulili and women in her community. [4] She was also given the honorific "Fu," as a Blaan elder. [2]
She retired from weaving in 2018 after a motorcycle accident. [5]
Fu Yabing died in her sleep on January 26, 2021, at the age of 106. [6]