This spring, a historian from the Philippines, Ambeth Ocampo, visited UMMAA's collections in order to study a Filipino flag that is more than a century old.
He shared a photo of himself with the flag on his Facebook page, and a Manila-based website published an article on his research. Read the story here: https://tinyurl.com/yjst6yfr
Read more about the flag on this blog post, written by U-M student Alyssa Caldito: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ummaa-philippines/2022/06/22/philippine-flag/
Photo: Ocampo at the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology with the flag that originated in the Ifugao province. PHOTO BY AMBETH OCAMPO (FACEBOOK)/UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
