leg bands

Catalog Number 128146
Literary Reference , 13839, 35740
Cultural Affiliation Bukidnon
Continent Asia
Country Philippines
Region Mindanao Island
Island Philippine Islands
Original Name takos, tikos, tikes
Materials bamboo
Catalog Description Name: Takos - Woman's leg bands -plaited over bamboo splits. Open ends. Supposed to make the legs of the wearer grow large, also causes her to work faster. | Notes: The name takos is probably a local corruption of the universal tikos.

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