The Kalinga are found in the Kalinga Province located in the Cordillera region. The word “Kalinga” used to refer to the mountaineers on the eastern side of Gran Cordillera and are characterized with their head-hunting raids in the area. Within the ethnolinguistic group are 31 subtribes spread in eight municipalities of the province.
Sinanbituwon is a funeral blanket meant to be used by the most prosperous in northern and southern Kalinga. The word ‘Bituwon’ which means the star is the dominant motif in the material. This is due to their belief that a star will guide the deceased as they journey in the afterlife.
A panel in a Sinanbituwon blanket contains a plain crystallographic pattern that has a symmetry group p2mm. The reflection axes meet at the center of a Bituwon, which coincides with a center of 180° rotation.
Binaliwon is a blanket used by the middle and poor classes to wrap the dead. In other circumstances, it is used as a pillow and put inside the coffin. Also, it is used by the widower to hide from the achogwa or the spirit of the dead until the coffin is taken outside.
This type of blanket is composed of parallel lines in the colors of red, green and yellow alternating with frieze patterns of black and white. It has a symmetry group mm.
Skirts in the ethnic group are normally worn by wealthy women during festive occassions like rituals, festivals and weddings. These clothes vary in designs such as pilakpak, ilaglis, silugwid, and gilamat.
It contains a frieze pattern that has a symmetry group mg. A reflective symmetry is shown in its vertical and horizontal axes.