This blanket from the collection is a variant of the binakol textile. Binakol blankets are popularly known for their spherical-shaped patterns, derived from the root word bakol, which means “a roundish woven basket,” and from the term binakol itself, which translates to “made spherical” (Pastor-Roces, 1991, pp. 77–212). However, there are other variants that do not necessarily appear round or spherical but retain the element of gradation in rectangles that form the textile’s unique optical pattern. These variants include the pinal-pal-iid, sinan-padak ti pusa (cat’s paw print), and concha-concha (capiz windows), among others.
This particular blanket features the sinan-ikamen or ik-ikamen patterns (mat-like design) in yellow, along with other variants of binakol designs. Its panels are joined by white, spider-like embroideries called kawa-kawa in Ilocano and sinan-akawa in Abra.