Pinilian (Kinarkarayan ken sinan-tokak) (a)
LOCAL NAME:
Pinilian (Kinarkarayan ken sinan-tokak) (a)
ENGLISH NAME:
Blanket with river and frogs design
DESCRIPTION:
Abra, Tinguian, Itneg, Ilocos, & Ilocano: Pinilian (Kinarkarayan ken sinan-tokak)
A four-paneled brocade-woven blanket featuring a rivers and frog-inspired design, woven in indigo on a white background. The panels are stitched with stylized embroidery.
COMMONLY USED BY/IN:
Abra, Tinguian, Itneg, Ilocos, Ilocano
MATERIAL COMPOSITION:
Thread, natural dye
ITEM CONSTRUCTION:
Brocade weave, Embroidery, Stitching
DIMENSIONS:
Length
170 cm
Width
115 cm
ACQUISITION YEAR:
2021
DISPLAY STATUS:
BURC
RESEARCH DATA:
River and riverine patterns and motifs are notable elements found in Abra and Ilocos weaving. The kinarkarayan, the river patterns on this textile, along with frog-like motifs, called sinan-tokak depict and reflect the topography and fauna common to the area where the weaving communities were located. These depictions are geometric forms of rivers and frogs among the Itneg (Pastor-Roces, 1991). This textile consists of panels of woven textiles stitched together with a kinamang, or the traditional embroidered joinery method (Cunanan, 2015).
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