This textile from the collection is an example of the adashang or aladdang, a tie-dyed ikat blanket of the Ibaloy, and used by various ethnolinguistic groups in Northern Luzon. The ikat technique is practiced among the Ifugao, Isinay, Ibaloy, and Kankanae- speaking communities in the Cordillera region. Salvador-Amores (2018) described this kind of textile as a “uniquely patterned, indigo colored, tie-dyed cotton warp ikat blanket with intricate designs” (p. 80). It is also considered the most prestigious funerary blanket in the region. As it is used by different ethnic groups, the blanket is referred to by various names, such as uwes pinutuan (Isinay), adashang (Kankanaey and Ibaloy), endashang (Kankanaey), aladang (Kankanaey), inaladdang (Kankanaey), sinai (Kankanaey), adachang (Ibaloy), aladdang (Ibaloy), alechang (Ibaloy), adechang (Ibaloy), alladang (Ifugao, Kankanaey), kinuttiyan (Ifugao), aladdang (Mountain Province), among others (Salvador-Amores, 2018). According to Ellis (1981), this type of blanket was produced in Nueva Vizcaya by the Isinay weavers, who traded the finished blankets with neighboring regions. Kron-Steinhardt (1991) posits that the designs on the blanket are Christian influences on Isinay life, brought by Christian missions as early as the eighteenth century. Some weavers from the Mountain Province referred to some of the designs as churches and crosses (Salvador-Amores, 2018). According to Salvador-Amores (2018), the blanket used to have ancient motifs and patterns with meanings that can be related to the celestial bodies the local weavers observed. These celestial bodies, such as the moon and the stars, could be symbolically represented as the lights that guide the spirits of the deceased when they took the journey to the afterlife (Salvador-Amores, 2018).