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Pinapa

LOCAL NAME:

Pinapa

ENGLISH NAME:

A ritual textile with plain stripes design

DESCRIPTION:

Abra, Tinguian, Itneg: Pinapa
A three-paneled ritual textile with red and black stripes design embellished with zoomorphic embroideries.

COMMONLY USED BY/IN:

Abra, Tinguian, Itneg

MATERIAL COMPOSITION:

Thread, Dye

ITEM CONSTRUCTION:

Plain weave, Embroidery, Stitching

DIMENSIONS:

Length
270 cm

Width
161.5 cm

ACQUISITION YEAR:

2021

DISPLAY STATUS:

BURC

RESEARCH DATA:

Pinapa is a ritual cloth used by the Itneg. The size is similar to the wrap-around skirt worn by women. It is used as a temporary mat for ceremonial occasions, healing, weddings and other rituals by the mandadawak (ritual specialist). In this textile, red and black bands are placed on a white background with zoomorphic embroideries identified as sinan-tokak or dancing frogs. Embroidery is an observed weaving tradition among Itneg or Tinguian people, with motifs ranging from frogs (tokak), rice plants (pagay), mountains, and to human body parts like fingers (sinan-ramay) or nails (sinan-koko). Meanwhile, the banderado is an “identified Ilocano weave”, which makes this blanket a combination of both the Ilocano and Itneg/Tinguian weaving traditions and textile designs.

REFERENCES:

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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