Professional Documents
Culture Documents
TEXTILE/WEAVING
-Art since pre-colonial times- a religious ritual according to
ethnic groups
-CORDILLERA GROUPS- Fulfills a practical function and play
part in religion and ritual
-T’BOLI of COTABATO
-T’nalak - g’mayaw bird: rhythms create the feeling off lapping
wings; the frog which signifies fertility and the dancing man in
the rain
-MALONG or Tapis- Basic tube skirt garment popular to
Maranaos which worn as an everyday clothing
-PIS SIYABIT- Headpiece woven by the Tausug of Sulu
-MAT WEAVING- Visayas, Samar and Leyte are known for their
colourful mats with bird and flower designs; Large mats- family
use
-TEPO MAT- Colorful double layered mat of the Sinma of Tawi
Tawi made from Pandan leaves; everyday object with high artistic
value
-HAT WEAVING- Tausug hat; maguindanaoan hat; Yakan hat of
Basilan
-BASKETRY- 3 types:
-Carrying (Cordillera Pasiking)- Itbayat, Batanes, Ovaloid
baskets made of Nito and bamboo are used as head sling to
carry harvests
-Storage- Bontoc Akob: used as lunch basket
-Trapping baskets- Bubo: fish trap in Ilocos region that is
made of woven bamboo strips
SPANISH PERIOD
-SPANISH FRIARS
-Western styles of Painting and engraving (Religious themes)
-Strictly for the Church or Religious purposes only
-RELIGIOUS ART
-Images of the Holy Family and the saints through carving
“Santos”, the “via cruces” (Stations of the Cross) engravings on
“estamoitus” and through glass paintings on church walls
-SANTOS
-Sculptures and images of Saints/biblical figures
-usually large, carved from hardwood such as molaves and
placed on church facades or altars
-URNAS
-Small Santos were kept. Miniature altar pieces with niches
-VIRINAS
-Small Santos protected under cylindrical glass globes
-ENCARNACION- Process to make santos appear more lifelike-
use of glass eyes and tears and wigs of human or fiber hair
-BASTIDOR- mannequins with wooden hands and heads which
were attatched to a bastidor of a framework body.
-RELIGIOUS RELIEF- Size ranges form small plaques hung in
houses to the large and heavy ones used to adorn churches
-TIPOS DEL PAIS- Figures of ordinary people in local costume
-ACADEMIA DE DIBUJO y PINTURA - Students began to carve
heads of various of Philippine ethnographic types and genres or
scenes from everyday life.
-RETABLO- Huge altar pieces that are housed in the churches