Dinapat (Kinarkarayan ken dyamante ti reyna)
LOCAL NAME:
Dinapat (Kinarkarayan ken dyamante ti reyna)
ENGLISH NAME:
Blanket with river and queen’s diamond design
DESCRIPTION:
Abra, Tinguian, Itneg, Ilocos, & Ilocano: Dinapat (Kinarkarayan ken dyamante ti reyna)
A two-paneled blanket with white fringed borders featuring black and white geometric patterns.
COMMONLY USED BY/IN:
Abra, Tinguian, Itneg, Ilocos, Ilocano
MATERIAL COMPOSITION:
Thread, Natural Dye
ITEM CONSTRUCTION:
Brocade weave, Stitching
DIMENSIONS:
Length
195 cm
Width
100.5 cm
Fringed borders
4.5 cm
ACQUISITION YEAR:
2021
DISPLAY STATUS:
BURC
RESEARCH DATA:
This blanket from the collection features two variants of diamond-shaped patterns that repeat vertically on the cloth. The first variant is described as the kinarkarayan (also kinalkalayan) which is a geometric form of rivers among the Itneg (Pastor-Roces, 1991). This pattern expresses their proximity to large riverine structures and their beliefs. Generally, river patterns are combined with other elements relevant to the Itneg way of life. The other diamond-shaped pattern seen on the textile is called “dyamante ti reyna” (literally translated as “diamond of the queens”). It is made up of small triangles and diamonds that resemble the multi-faceted surface of a diamond gemstone. This textile is dinapat with designs that exhibit reflective symmetry, with both upper and lower, left and right parts mirroring each other (Salvador-Amores & De Las Peñas, 2019). Moreover, the designs are arranged in a way where those designs occupy the entire space of the entire cloth.
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