Pinilian (Sinan-kabalyo) (a)
LOCAL NAME:
Pinilian (Sinan-kabalyo) (a)
ENGLISH NAME:
Blanket with horse-like motifs.
DESCRIPTION:
Abra, Tinguian, & Itneg: Pinilian (Sinan-kabalyo)
A three-paneled blanket with black and red striped background, yellow joineries and borders, and white horse motifs.
COMMONLY USED BY/IN:
Abra, Tinguian, Itneg
MATERIAL COMPOSITION:
Cotton threads, Natural dye
ITEM CONSTRUCTION:
Brocade weave, Embroidery, Stitching, Dyeing
DIMENSIONS:
Length
175 cm
Width
128 cm
ACQUISITION YEAR:
2021
RESEARCH DATA:
The horse motif is one of the most distinctive elements found on Itneg textiles. Horses are well-integrated into Tinguian culture. In their belief system, horses are known to be associated with their god of agriculture, referred to as Indadaya (Respicio, 2000). Indadaya owns a horse that he uses to travel down from the eastern skies, where he lives, to visit the earth. This textile depicts big and small horses arranged in an alternating pattern. Moreover, kuko-palay (fingernails and rice stalks) joinery, also known as sinan-ramay (finger-like) joinery were used to attach the blanket’s panels. Respicio (2015) identified the same joinery motif as the kawa-kawa (spider-design) joinery (Respicio, 2015), and sinan-akawa in Tinguian. The textile’s borders are also embroidered with yellow threads, resembling the half figure of the kuko (fingernails) motif.
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