PHILIPPINE PRIMITIVE ART

The Philippines as a colony of Spain U.S., Japan, saw the decline and destruction of its ancient
customs and traditions because of the strong influence of violence and intimidation, bent the
people to their will and, thus, in effect left a country hungry for its own identity.

CAVE PAINTINGS
In the municipality of Binangonan PROVINCE of Rizal, The Angono Petroglyphs Site Museum is
located
discovered by National Artist Carlos “Botong” Francisco with a troop of boy scouts during a field
trip in 1965.
The Angono Petroglyphs were dated back to the late Neolithic Presidential Decree Np. 260
declared the Angono Petroglyphs a National Culture treasure.

Petroglyphs means is a rock carving

The engravings are mostly symbolic representations and are associated with healing and
sympathetic magic.
The rock art is a collection of 127 human and animal-like stick figures engraved on a
cave wall.
Petroglyphs were used to convey messages and ideas.

BURIAL JARS
The secondary burial jar was found in Manunggul Cave, Lipuun Point Palawan in the early
1960’s and now considered one of the Philippines national cultural treasures.
Jars were commonly made of clay, but this example was carved from limestone,

It clearly shows the beliefs of early Filipinos in life after death