Pre colonial Art Flashcards
(4) Categories of Pre colonial Art Period
(6185 BC- 1520 AD)
Old Stone Age/ Paleolithic
Age of Horticulture/Neolithic
Metal Age
Iron Age
(3) Pre Colonial Period
Pre Colonial Architecture
Pre Colonial Sculpture
Pre Colonial Dance and Music
Example of Old Stone Age (Paleolithic)
Flake Tools in Espinosa Ranch Site, Cagayan 16 000- 8 000 BC
The proof of earliest man’s presence was recovered from a ranch site in Cagayan Province-two flake tools dated about 9 million years.
Flake Tools in Espinosa Ranch Site, Cagayan
Where did the other flake tools and some stone tools were recovered?
Tabon Caves, Palawan (flake tools)
Bolobok Cave, Sanga-Sanga in Tawi-Tawi
(2) Examples of Neolithic
Shell Bracelets and Pendants
Angono Petroglyphs
Cagayan, Palawan, and Sorsogon 4854 BC shells were fashioned into tools, as well as ornaments made from cone shells were found in the early 1960’s in the grave of an adult male in Duyong Cave in Palawan.
Shell Bracelets and Pendants (Neolithic)
Oldest known work of art in the Philippines located in the province of Rizal. There are 127 human and animal figures engraved on the rockwall probably carved during the Late Neolithic.
Angono Petroglyphs (Late Neolithic)
(5) Examples of Metal Age
Lingling-O
Manunggul Jar
Maitum Jar
Baybayin/Badlit/Alibata
Okir (motif)
Burial Jar excavated from a Neolithic Burial Site in Manunggul Cave of Tabon Cave at Lipuun Point at Palawan dating from 890-710 BC.
Manunggul Jar (Metal Age)
In 1991, the National Museum archaeological team discovered anthropomorphic secondary burial jars in Ayub Cave, Barangay Pinol, Maitum, Sarangani Province, Mindanao, Philippines
Maitum Jar (Metal Age)
A tagalog ancient script also known in Visayan as Badlit. It is derived from Brahmic scripts of India and first recorded in the 16th century. It continued to be used during the Spanish Colonization of the Philippines up until the late 19th century.
Baybayin (Metal Age)
An aritistic cultural heritage of the Maranaos of Lanao, Philippines.
Okir (Motif, Metal Age)
It is an artistic design of the Maranao native inhabitants of Southern Philippines beginning from the early 6th Century C.E.
Okir (Motif, Metal Age)
A design or pattern often rendered or curved in hardwood, brass, silver, and wall paintings in curvilinear lines and Arabic Geometric Figures.
Okir (Motif, Metal Age)
In the book of __________________, it explains that the Okir has patterns which are used by the Maranao artists.
Dr. Nagasura Madale (Okir, Metal Age)
(6) Patterns of Okir (Motif in Metal Age)
- Matilak (circle)
- Poyok (bud)
- Dapal (leaf)
- Pako (fern or spiral form)
- Todi (fern leaf with spural at upper edge)
- Pako Lungat (fern leaf with a cut at one edge)
(3) Common Theme of the Okir (Metal Age)
Torogan
Nãga or serpent
Sarimanok
It is known as the flower symbol of the ancestral home of the highest title holder in a Maranao Village.
Torogan (Okir, Motif in Metal Age)
The prominent part is panolong, carved beam that protrudes in the front of the house. It symbolizes power and prestige.
Torogan (Okir, Motif in Metal Age)
It has religious symbols, everyday activity such as farming, fishing, etc. or a specific decorative art pattern to the community.
Pre Colonial Traditional Art
It has either the influence of local religion (animistic) or Islamic based.
Pre Colonial Traditional Art
There is also an exchange of art aesthetics and art processes with Chinese and other Asian countries who frequent as traders with our indigenous groups.
Pre Colonial Traditional Art
