This blanket from the collection was handwoven using the pinilian technique, a process where sets of warp threads are chosen or pre-selected before weaving. The textile features diamond motifs, sinan-tao (human-like) motifs, sinan-tokak (frog-like) motifs, sinan-sabong (flower-like) motifs, and sinan-karayan (river) motifs arranged in zigzag patterns that alternate and repeat throughout the cloth.

Depictions of riverine creatures such as frogs, turtles, and crabs reflect the Itneg belief in “auspicious creatures,” which are considered “taboo dishes” in some of their rituals (Respicio, 2000, p. 85). Textiles with these motifs also depict and reflect the topography and fauna of areas where the weaving communities are located.

This blanket can also be described as a dinapat, a form of pinilian textile characterized by motifs and patterns covering the entire surface (Pastor-Roces, 1991, p. 63), or in other words, designs that “occupy the whole blanket” (Salvador-Amores, 2019, p. 27). Moreover, the textile consists of panels of woven cloth stitched together with kinamayan, the traditional embroidered joinery method (Cunanan, 2015).