Magdalena Gamayo

Magdalena Gamayo (born August 13, 1924) is a Filipino weaver who is a lead-practitioner of the Ilocano tradition of pinagabel.

Background Magdalena Gamayo, a native of the cotton farming Barangay of Lumbaan-Bicbica, Pinili, Ilocos Norte, learned the Ilocano weaving tradition of making inabel from her aunt at age 16. She taught herself on how to execute the traditional patterns of binakol, inuritan (geometric design), kusikos (orange-like spiral forms), and sinan-sabong (flowers). She became best known for weaving the sinan-sabong, since it is the most challenging pattern among the four.

Her father bought her first loom, made by a local craftsman using sag'gat hardwood. Gamayo's loom lasted for 30 years. Already past 80 years old, Gamayo remained committed in making inabel.

On November 8, 2012, she was conferred the National Living Treasure Award,