braided-string

Updated: May 3, 2025

It usually extends from below the navel to near the knees. The women sometimes wear the braided-string bejuco belt, i-kit', worn by the men. The lu-fid' and the wa'-kis are the extent of woman's ordinary clothing. For some months after the mother gives birth to a child she wears an extra wa'-kis wrapped tightly about her, over which the skirt is worn as usual.

Albert Ernest Jenks - The Bontoc Igorot