Inalson is a ceremonial textile with various ritual functions. It serves as a birth blanket during the gipas rites performed before childbirth (Salvador-Amores, 2019), as ritual paraphernalia draped over a priestess’s shoulders during the after-harvest ceremony known as sayyang, and as a curtain to partition offerings during festivities (Respicio, 2000). Described as a plain white cloth woven in plain or twill weave, it is believed to be “possessed by a spirit” (Cole, 1922, p. 313). The textile features brocade rice mortar-like motifs (inal-alsong) or X-like patterns embedded within its horizontal bands, which are said to represent rice mortars commonly seen in Northern Luzon. It bears a resemblance to another ritual textile called kindossan, which, unlike the inalson, has continuous diamond-shaped motifs (mata-mata). However, the inalson contains larger brocade motifs and typically features either X-like or diamond-like patterns, with a greater recurrence of the former motif (Respicio, 2000).