This is a colorized vintage portrait of a woman from the Itneg tribe found in the northern Philippines, particularly in the Abra province. Apart form the Malay race features (no blues or green eyes), several coloring options on the clothes and ornaments can be made and this is one I did. The original vintage photo below was among the few large portraits I can find only dealing with Philippine historic fashions and peoples. Most are small in the 300-500pixel range with too little details to colorize leaving more room for guesswork.
This work appeared in the 2nd edition of the 12-volume Enclopedia of Philippine Art produced by the Cultural Center of the Philippines, which was launched in May 2019 It is captioned in one of the pages under the People Section on the 3rd volume, describing the visual arts of the Tinguian or Itned Tribes of Northern Philippines.
This colorization was included in the "People" section of the recently released Encyclopedia of the Philippine Art by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)
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