Binobodan (e)
LOCAL NAME:
Binobodan (e)
ENGLISH NAME:
Tie-dyed ikat blanket
DESCRIPTION:
Ifugao: Binobodan
The blanket has four identical panels colored with blue, black, red and yellow. It is designed with beans, mortars and a tree fern.
COMMONLY USED BY/IN:
Ifugao
MATERIAL COMPOSITION:
Cotton threads, Natural dye
ITEM CONSTRUCTION:
Weaving, Stitching, Tie-dye
DIMENSIONS:
Length
205 cm
Width
157.5 cm
Fringes
3 cm
ACQUISITION YEAR:
2021
RESEARCH DATA:
This ikat blanket is another innovation by Patis Tesoro, a Filipina fashion designer. The blanket features a “spiraling-up” design, marked by the distinct kinatiba’nglan (tree fern), a series of diamonds that run along all sides of the fabric. Other design patterns include the linu’hhong (rice mortar), inan-antak (long beans), and kinattibanglan (tree fern), all of which are significant in Ifugao culture for representing wealth and nobility.
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