One of the most notable handwoven textiles in the Cordillera is the pinilian of the Itneg in Abra. The term pinilian is derived from the root word pili, which means "choose" or "select." It refers to the supplementary weft technique used in textile weaving. The designs made using this technique are created using either continuous or discontinuous supplementary weft yarns (Pastor-Roces, 1991). Woven using continuous supplementary weft yarn, weavers of this kind of textile employs pili or sticks to select specific warp threads, which the thicker weft yarn, connected to a double-horn-edged shuttle known as sikkuan, then interlocks with (Respicio, 2015) to form the desired motif. They come in the form of blankets, which consist of two or more panels of woven textiles elaborately stitched together through embroidery.

This textile from the collection, although single-paneled, still features stylized stitches on its four edges known as kuko-palay (fingernails and rice stalks) joinery, also referred to as sinan-ramay (finger-like) joinery.