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Kundiman (a)

LOCAL NAME:

Kundiman (a)

ENGLISH NAME:

Plain white blanket with face-to-face designs

DESCRIPTION:

Ilocos & Ilocano: Kundiman
A white multi-heddle-woven blanket with flower petal patterns on its surface and tassels on the edges.

COMMONLY USED BY/IN:

Ilocos, Ilocano

MATERIAL COMPOSITION:

Thread, Dye

ITEM CONSTRUCTION:

Multi-heddle weave, Stitching

DIMENSIONS:

Length
182.5 cm

Width
150 cm

fringed borders
5.5 cm

ACQUISITION YEAR:

2021

DISPLAY STATUS:

BURC

RESEARCH DATA:

This woven textile from the collection features motifs resembling flower petals. It is a type of multi-heddle woven tinumbalitian blanket called kundiman. The blanket has plain strips of yarn, known as pulikos hand sewn around the edges. The kundiman is a plain white tinumbalitian blanket (Respicio, 2015) commonly produced in the Ilocos region by Ilocano weavers. Kundiman blankets hold cultural significance among Catholic Ilocanos. This kundiman blanket is a common gift given during baptisms, birthdays, weddings and is also used as decor during special occasions such during the Lenten or Holy Week season for Catholic Christians, kundiman blankets are employed as curtains or backdrops, locally called luante, and table covers for makeshift altars for the Stations of the Cross (Cunanan, 2015).

REFERENCES:

Cunanan, H. P. (2015). Ules in the life cycle of an Ilocano. In Inabel: Philippine textile from the Ilocos Region. Artpostasia,pp. 144-153. Artpostasia.

Respicio, N. A. (2015). Design techniques and weaving centers. In Inabel: Philippine textile from the Ilocos Region. Artpostasia, pp. 48-143.

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