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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.

REFERENCES:

Cole, F.C. (1922). The Tinguian: social, religious, and economic life of a Philippine tribe. Publications of the Field Museum of natural history. Anthropological series, 14(2), 231–493. http://www.jstor.org/stable/29782148


Pastor-Roces, M. (1991). Sinaunang Habi: Philippine Ancestral Weave. Nikki Books.

Salvador-Amores, A. V., & De Las Peñas, M. L. A. N. (2016). Mathematical and Anthropological Analysis of Northern Luzon Funeral Textile. Philippine Journal of Science, 145 (1), 89-103.

https://philjournalsci.dost.gov.ph/images/pdf/pjs_pdf/vol145no1/pdf/mathematical_and_anthropological_analysis_of_funeral_textile_FINALCOPY.pdf

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