PHILIPPINE

ART
Pre-Colonial Period
HISTORY
The oldest human fossil
found in the Philippines
is the skull cap of a
"Stone-Age Filipino",
about 22,000 years old.
Discovered by Dr.
Robert B. Fox, American
anthropologist of the
National Museum,
inside Tabon Cave Tabon Man
Palawan, on May 28,
1962. .
 They came

THE COMING OF THE NEGRITOS

during the
Old Stone
Age
(Paleolithi
c) walking
dry-shod
through
Malay
Peninsula,
Borneo,
and the
land
bridges
and were
the first
inhabitant
s..
THE INDONESIANS
First Sea-
Immigrants
They were the
maritime
Indonesians, who
belonged to the
Mongoloid race with
Caucasian affinities.
They belonged to
the New Stone Age
(Neolithic).
THE MALAYS
*They belong to the Iron
Age culture.
*Daring and liberty-
loving, the Malays
belonged to the brown
race.
*Prominent contribution:
* Ati-atihan
festivals
* Maragtas
chronicle
* the Code of
Kalantiaw
MUSIC
The ancient Filipinos had
music practically for all
occasions, for every phase of
life, from birth to death.
BAMBOO ZITHER
GADDANG
KULINTANG
 ARCHITECTURE
The ancient Filipinos had
first dwelt in caves and has
learned the art of architecture
as they move and hunt for
food.. .
TAUSOG HOUSE
 SCULPTURE
The ancient Filipinos had
attained a high artistic level
through pottery, jewelry,
and wood carving.
Jewelry
 Wood
Carvings
PAINTINGS
The ancient Filipinos had
expressed paintings through
tattoos and cave carvings.
 Tattoos
The pintados
(painted ones),
inhabitants of the
Visayan islands as
described by the
first Spaniards to
set eyes upon
them, would use
sharp metal
instruments
previously heated
over fire.
Silup
The tattooing
imitated the
upper garment
worn by the men
of north Kalinga.
The women of
south Kalinga
painted their
faces a bright red.
 PETROGLYPHS
The Angono
Petroglyphs is
the oldest known
work of art in
the Philippines.
There are 127
human and
animal figures
engraved on the
rock wall dating
back to 3000
B.C.
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