Arts and Crafts of

Luzon
Objectives:

 Identifycharacteristics of arts and crafts in Cordillera

region known for their products
 Reflect
on and derive the mood, idea, or message
emanating from selected artworks
 Evaluate the effectiveness of mood, idea, or message as
depicted by the visual image in the artwork
Review: Answer the questions below

Why do the indigenous people of

the Philippines excellent in arts
and crafts.
ANSWER:

Because they were driven by the call

of survival. They had to provide the
materials to meet their needs and
survival.
Why is weaving popular among tribal
people?
ANSWER:

This serve as their wealth.------ family’s

wealth was based on the textiles the family
owned and these were given as dowry gifts
at weddings and as offerings to the gods.
Identify the use of the following:
 Earring
 Hat
 Ring
 Bracelet
 Sunglasses
 House
 Slippers
 Tattoo
 necklace
 VACUL - IVATAN

A headgear used to protect the

Ivatans from rain, wind and sun.it is
made from vayavoy leaves or
Philippine date palm
Vacul---- for women
Tallugong ---- for men
MOUNTAIN ART:

RITUALISTIC
DECORATIVE
MOUNTAIN ART:

JEWELRIES- made out of shells,

flowers, leaves, bones, and
plumage
Lingling -o

 Used by the indigenous people of the

Cordillera as either an earring or a
necklace pendant.
 They are made of silver and some are
jades
 Some also are from gold, shell, clay, brass,
or copper
 THE MATERIAL USED WHEN
MAKING LINGLING-O IS A SIGN OF
ITS OWNER’S STATUS.
AETAS

Women generally let their hair

grow long, often tying it in knots
and adorned with comb.
 IFUGAOS AND KANKANAY WARRIORS

They wear
Tankil armlet .
TANKIL ARMLET

Made from boar’s tusk, fibers

and narra wood.
FALLAKAT

Small bamboo hat

Worn on the back of the head by
the Bontok males
For decoration among young
males
Pouch for older ones
TINGUIANS AND ILOCANOS

They use gourd hat

to protect them
from the heat of the
sun and from rain.
TATTOO ART

PRACTICED AMONG
CORDILLERAS
( BONTOC, IFUGAO,
AND KALINGA
WARRIORS)
FOR IFUGAOS

DOGS
EAGLES
CENTIPEDES
SCORPIONS
LIGHTNING
SHIELD
TINUNGFU

This is for aesthetic purpose –

An arm band that serves as the border
circling around the elbow or fernlike
marks on the arms.
“LITTLE MEN”

Reflected the warrior’s status

and wealth in the community.
BONTOCS

Tattoos of a man was directly

related to the proportion of
human heads he had taken in the
headhunts.( na shock ka ba???
THE CHAKLAG

Running upward from each nipple, curving out on

the shoulders and ending on the upper arms.
Indicates the man had taken a head.
KALINGA

Successful warriors have the tattoo at the back of their

hands and wrists after their first kill.
These strips designs were called gulot- meaning
“cutter of heads”
BIKKING

KALINGA MEN who killed two or more had

elaborate pattern applied to their arms and chests.
---- the Bikking.
BIKKING comprised of:
Head axes (khaman)
Centipede or snake scales (kufug)