This textile is a yardage with a striped ikat background in colors fuchsia and violet, featuring a repeating design of pinilian horse and rectangle shapes with diamond-shaped cut-outs. The sinan-kabalyo, or horse-like motifs, are widely used in Abra blankets known to signify Indadaya, the agricultural god residing in the eastern skies, or chaya, who is being invited or summoned during their harvesting and planting rituals (Respicio, 2014). On these occasions, he rides a horse going down to the earth – a depiction that has been translated into textile designs. Frequently, this horse is combined with other geometric patterns, anthropomorphic figures, and other objects relevant to the Itneg or Tingguian life.

An innovation by Patis Tesoro, and a diversion from the usual red, black, and indigo palette of traditional pinilian fabrics, this yardage is a hybrid of the ikat weaving tradition and the pinilian or supplementary weft technique utilized by various weaving communities in the Northern Luzon. A yardage is a textile fabric in linear length that can be used to produce textile functional items such as blankets, garments, table runners, and pillowcases by cutting, stitching, and bonding them together later on.