CONTEMPORARY ART

PIN ON WOVEN FABRIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Name of the Artist and her History Background:

Salinta Monon (December 12, 1920 – June 4,

2009) was a Filipino textile weaver who was

one of two recipients of the National Living

Treasures Award in 1998. She was known for

her Bagobo-Tagabawa textiles and was known

as the "last Bagobo weaver". Due to her

reputation as a weaver, Agton Monon, a

farmer, and her husband, had to pay a high

bride price to her father Datu Bansalan Barra

for him to be allowed to marry her. The two got married on July 4, 1946, and had six children.

Salinta Monon had to manage the farm after her husband died in the 1970s.
Cultural histories from which the artist/s derive ideas and inspiration to create the artwork

(significance influence that defines her artworks):

At a young age, she was already exposed to weaving as her mother was also a weaver. She used

to watch her mother weave ikat, a traditional abaca fabric, and at the age of 12, she learned how

to use the weaving loom.

Art Materials, Tools, and Equipments used:

 Loom

 Warp

 Abaca

 Sharp

 Scissors

 Shuttles

 Shed Sticks

 Tapestry Needle

 Fabric

Theme or Subject Matter:

With the effort to preserve the living form of the cultural heritage, Salinta Monon passed her

legacy and indigenous skills and techniques in abaca weaving to the younger generation through

the School of Living Tradition in Brgy. Bitaug, Bansalan, Davao del Sur.
Purpose of the Artwork and Importance of such Artwork:

The art of weaving is a profound metaphor for understanding the workings of the universe and

our place in it. Through the physical process of weaving, we gain a better understanding of this

world and how we as human beings are woven into it. We are bound to our bodies with the

fragile threads of earth. It represents our culture, indigenous and native life that w inherit that

will promote our dignity to our ancestors.

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Gita-Carlos, Ruth Abbey (21 January 2021). "Duterte sets special year to honor textile weaver

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