Whang-od Oggay (First name pronunciation: [ˈɸɐŋ.

ˈʔɘd]; born February 17, 1917),[4] also known

as Maria Oggay,[5] is a Filipino tattoo artist from Buscalan, Tinglayan, Kalinga, Philippines.[6] She is
often described as the "last" and oldest mambabatok (traditional Kalinga tattooist)[2] and is part of the
Butbut people of the larger Kalinga ethnic group.[7]
She has been tattooing headhunters and women of the indigenous people of Butbut in Buscalan,
Kalinga, since she was 15 years old, but the Butbut warriors who used to earn tattoos through
protecting villages or killing enemies no longer exist. Despite that, Whang-od continues to apply her
traditional art form to tourists visiting Buscalan.
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) conferred to Whang-od the
prestigious Dangal ng Haraya Award at Tabuk, the capital of Whang-od's ethnic province of Kalinga,
in 2018. She was nominated for the National Living Treasures Award (Gawad Manlilikha ng
Bayan) in 2017. Her nomination is still being processed by the NCCA.