Philippine

Handicrafts

MAITUM JARS
The 29 earthenware
secondary burial pots, called
Maitum jars named after the
place where these jars were
found - in Ayub Cave in Maitum,
Saranggani Province.
It was
reported that the jars are
anthropomorphic (i.e. humanshaped) and have head-shape
covers depicting detailed and
varied facial expressions

MANUNNGUL JARS
The Manunggul Jar found
in Tabon Cave in Palaan The
structural design of the jar
features a lid with boat where two
human figures are seated, thought
to represent souls on a voyage to
the afterlife.

BANTON CLOTH
The Banton cloth
found in Banton, Romblon,
is an example of a warp ikat
(tie-resist dyeing) textile
that was loom woven from
red, black and white abaca
threads

ABRA WOVEN FABRIC

In Abra for example, there are three
known types of weaving techniques namely
pinilian, binakol and kiniri. As accounted by a
handicraft entrepreneur who worked to sustain the
weaving techniques, pinilian weaving features
designs common to the locality (in Valmero, 2010a).
For example, pineapple and guava are depicted
since these are the main products of Abra. Other
designs have calesa, men riding horses and banca
as these are the means for transportation and
source of livelihood (i.e. fishing). Binakol, on the
other hand, features uniform geometric patterns
that depict the waves of the sea. Tiniri, the third
type, is differentiated in its technique rather than
the design as it uses twisted weaving technique
(Valmero, 2010).

CALADO
Calado is a type of
embroidery using a process of
pulling threads from certain areas
of a cloth, usually pia or jusi, then
sewing the drawn threads using
various stitches to form clean holes
on the cloth.

WHITTLING
Whittling is the art of
shaving soft wood using
knives
of
different
thickness to create animals
like
peacocks,
birds,
butterflies,
swans
and
other items like fans or
flowers.

ROMBLONS MARBLE CRAFT

Romblon marble is touted to
have qualities with commercial
value that can rival those from Italy.
The earliest products carved out of
marble were created out of need
such as the ubiquitous mortar and
pestle used in the kitchen and even
ashtrays, name plates for offices
and tombstones as grave markers.

TNALAK
Tnalak is a woven cloth
made from abaca (Manila hemp)
using a simple wooden loom but its
uniqueness lies in the meticulous
techniques and design that is
believed to have been guided,
inspired or revealed by spirits
through dreams to a select few.