Pinilian (Sinan-kabalyo ken sinan-bituwon) (Innovation by Patis Tesoro)
LOCAL NAME:
Pinilian (Sinan-kabalyo ken sinan-bituwon) (Innovation by Patis Tesoro)
ENGLISH NAME:
Swatch
DESCRIPTION:
Abra, Tinguian, & Itneg: Pinilian (Sinan-kabalyo Ken Sinan-bituwon Innovation by Patis Tesoro)
A white brocade-woven textile made woven in abaca and cotton threads, featuring black, brown, and white horse and diamond-shaped star-like motifs, and embroidered initials of the Katutubong Filipino Foundation, “K.F.F.”
COMMONLY USED BY/IN:
Abra, Tinguian, Itneg
MATERIAL COMPOSITION:
Abaca, Cotton threads, Dye
ITEM CONSTRUCTION:
Brocade weave, Embroidery, Stitching
DIMENSIONS:
Length
49 cm
Width
23.5 cm
ACQUISITION YEAR:
2021
RESEARCH DATA:
The horse motif is one of the most distinctive elements found on Itneg textiles. Horses are associated with their god of agriculture, Indadaya (Respicio, 2000), who, according to Itneg belief, owns a horse that he uses to travel from the eastern skies, where he resides, to visit the earth. This textile from the collection is a brocade-woven pinilian sample swatch designed by Patis Tesoro, featuring horses and diamond-shaped star-like motifs, as well as the embroidered initials of the Katutubong Filipino Foundation, “K.F.F.”
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