Pinilian (Sinan-kabalyo ken sinan-tao) (c)
LOCAL NAME:
Pinilian (Sinan-kabalyo ken sinan-tao) (c)
ENGLISH NAME:
Blanket with horse and man design.
DESCRIPTION:
Abra, Tinguian, & Itneg: Pinilian (Sinan-kabalyo ken sinan-tao)
A three-paneled blanket with layered patterns of men, horse and a thread winder or skeiner. Red and white weft threads are used alternatingly, showing the textile’s different layers of patterns; the panels are stitched with embroidery.
COMMONLY USED BY/IN:
Abra, Tinguian, Itneg
MATERIAL COMPOSITION:
Cotton threads, Natural dye
ITEM CONSTRUCTION:
Brocade weave, Embroidery, Stitching, Dyeing
DIMENSIONS:
Length
212 cm
Width
126 cm
ACQUISITION YEAR:
2021
RESEARCH DATA:
Indadaya, the god of agriculture of the Itneg and is represented in this work from the collection. He is known to have always used his horse as a ride every time he would come down and visit the earth. His association with horses is believed to be the inspiration for the horse motifs on Itneg textiles. Moreover, in traditional Itneg communities, a horse with a mounted textile on its back would be set loose to go around the community and neighboring villages as an announcement that the horse’s owner had passed on (Cole, 1922). For this particular textile, it has the lalabayan motif, this is a weaving tool used for winding threads. The panels were joined by stylized stitches. Respicio (2015) identified such motifs on stitching as the kuko (fingernails) joinery. Additionally, the textile’s borders are also embroidered with white threads, resembling the half figure of the kuko (fingernails) motif.
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