This kinamayan from the collection is a ritual cloth, woven with a deep indigo background and embellished with intricate blue and red embroidery. Historically, kinamayan skirts in a darker shade of indigo were considered more valuable, as achieving this rich color required more dye resources, particularly tayum (indigo) (Respicio, 2000). The cloth displays a single design of embroidery: hands and fingernails (kuko-ramay), which are located on the seams and borders of the cloth.

These embroideries capture the essence of kinamayan, whose name was derived from the root word kamay (meaning "hand") and translates to "hand-made" or "handwoven," alluding to the hand-embroidered designs that are prominent on the skirt. Traditionally, the kinammayan is used as a ritual paraphernalia by a diviner or priestess (called a manganito) in various Itneg or Tinguian rites, which involve appeasing their gods and, in some cases, performing their traditional dance called the tadek (Respicio, 1994). According to Aquino (2005), these rituals or occasions where the kinamayan is traditionally used include the dawak, diyaman, and allap (p. 119).