The Body section features four blankets from the Tinguian, Ilocano, and Meranaw communities. In these works, the textile becomes an embrace, not only a literal wrapping of the body, but a metaphor for personal and communal identity. The Tinguian binandera, with its bold linear component, evokes strong ancestral continuity; the two Ilocano sinukitan reflects the resilience, sophistication, and sharp precision of northern weaving traditions, as well as respect to heirloom motifs; while the…