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Personal Adornment
Angelica Chiu | Maxine Chan | Terence Co | Eriza Valeriano | Gian Yap
Personal Ornaments: The art of beautifying oneself.
Basic Facts
Enhances a part of the wearer’s body
Signify prestige, rank, status or wealth
Basic Facts
Symbolize ritualistic and
emotional states
Serves as amulets and charms against
evil spirits
Designs are characterized by:
Basic Facts
symmetry and formal proportion sense of rhythm distinctive rather than specific emphasis curve as a prevailing form combined with basic forms primary colors
Ink (Tatoo art)
Common Materials Used
Carabao Horns and Bones
Shells
Stone
Common Materials Used
Gold
New Stone Age/ Neolithic Period Said to be as long-lasting as diamond Widely used
Neolithic Period Made into beads, bracelets, and ear and neck pendants
Nephrite/ Jade
Glass Beads
Common Materials Used
Early and Developed Metal Age material of which the working tools of prehistoric Filipinos were made highly valued for its technological and artistic qualities made into beads, ear pendants and bracelets
Earliest glass beads were imported Most beads unearthed made of glass
Tattoo Art
permanent body adornment symbolizes bearer's accomplishments in life or rank in the tribe bravery, character, knowledge and prowess in headhunting type of clothing enhances physical beauty drives away evil spirits
Tattoo ArtIfugao kinabu (dog) tinagu (man) ginawang and ginayaman (centipede)
Pintados traditional tattooing then replaced by anting-anting (amulet) tattoos with motifs derived from Christianity
T’boli hakang zigzag or geometric and highly stylized animal and human forms tattooed on the forearm and chests of men and the forearm and calves of women
Tattoo Art
Aeta scarification certain taboos for tattoo’s efficacy
Prison tattoo masculinity, gang membership, way of remembering loved ones, or simply to relieve boredom commonly used is snake which symbolizes sexual and physical prowess
Tattoo Art
Tattoo on women tends to be purely ornamental, although it may also indicate her status as the headman’s wife.
Tattoo Art
more beautiful possessing emotional and physical fortitude to endure pain and hardship (i.e. childbirth) affirmation of strength, spiritual power and procreative endowment form of clothing proclaimed their status form of recognition, allowing the soul to pass into the afterlife
Lane Wilcken (Filipino Tattoos Ancient To Modern)
Costume
set of garments, hairstyle, and accessories worn by individuals or a group of individuals in a given society may differ according to sex, class, age, status, occupation, rank, and personal taste reflects the dominant traditions as well as the values and aspirations of a given people
CostumeEthnic -> Spanish period -> American period -> Contemporary
Ethnic tradition
Men kanggan bahaque/bahag tubular skirts
Costume
Women saya no shoes nor underwear but were laden with jewelry hair was tied up in a knot and decorated with ribbons, flowers, or diadems
CostumeSpanish period
Men salawal camisa de chino pantalon
Women baro’t saya tapis pañuelo
CostumeAmerican period
Men americana abierta chaquetilla camisa de chino or barong tagalog
Women baro-saya-pañuelo vestido or dress
CostumeContemporary (post WWII)
more “casual” attire polo shirts long sleeved shirts bell-bottom pants dresses T-shirts and denims jackets, shoes, bags, glasses, underwear
T'boli women
Jewelry
Different Tribes and how they wear Jewelry
more jewelry = more fashionable = more attractive small bone pieces to hold necklaces in place
T’boli Woman
Kalinga Woman
Kalinga women "peacocks" of the Cordilleras shell butterflies and ear ornaments
Jewelry
Surigao sashes using the "loop-in-loop" technique
Ifugao
Jewelry
circular shell disks held with rattan called ginoto (hip ornament) use wild boar tusks topped with a carved sitting human figure as armlets use wild boar tusks for necklaces (strung w/ rattan)
Bagobo Woman
Jewelry
Aeta finely woven strands of behuco worn as leglets for strength and stamina
Bagobo - musical jewelry (hollow brass bracelets)
PlugBilaan Plug: mirror glass framed by tiny beads
Kalinga Plug: front ends covered with embroidered cloth
Jewelry: Types of Earrings
Graduated ring series / Kawat ears are pierced 7-8 times to attach brass hoops T’boli woman with
graduated ring earrings
T’boli women with bib earrings
Bib Earring / Kowol Common among Southern Philippine Tribe Catches light or quivers
Jewelry: Types of Earrings
T’boli woman with chandelier earrings
Chandelier
long tassels of beads threaded on horsehair
Jewelry: Types of Earrings
Cosmetic Containers Maranao gukom – traditional container for the aromatic beeswax used for massaging the lower lip
made of carabao horn
has a beaded train handle topped with another piece of carabao-horn carving
Pre-hispanic Rule - Gold was prevalent
Historical Timeline
Made into: Combs, Earrings, Weapon Handles Artifacts prove that ancient Fiipinos were great goldsmiths
Art of filigree Art of granulation
Greatest proof: gold sashes found in Surigao (“loop-in-loop” technique) Manufacturing of filigree jewelry or lacelike in gold and silver
Pre-hispanic Rule - Gold was prevalent
Spanish Rulespread of religious images and ornaments used in Catholic rituals
Historical Timeline
Spanish Rule
Examples: Crosses, Scapulars and Rosaries Both religious and political Veneration of saints through:
Bejeweled religious figurines or enameled in gold Images of Christ, the Virgin and saints
American Rule - streamlined
Historical Timeline
Diamond became prevalent Gold-work used as setting (necklace) Emphasis shifted to stones Deterioration of goldsmith’s art
Examples of Personal Adornment
Art and Faith
T’boli wears many jewelry to be attractive also to please the gods
Aeta woven behuco leglets to give wearer strength, stamina and speed
Art and Faith
Lingling-o Fertility Pendants
Lingling-o - Fertility Pendants
of Bontoc, Ifugao and Kalinga
Art and Faith
Tamburin
Tamburin
an ornamental form of rosary
Art and Power
Tribal tattoos enhance the beauty of the man or woman exhibit a man’s war record; more tattoos = more war medals
Examples of Personal Adornment
Pintados de Pasi Festival 2010
Pintados festival in Tacloban, Leyte
Most tattoed people (Visayans)
Pintados Islas del Pintados or Island of the Painted People
Art and Power
Examples of Personal Adornment
Art and Power
Isneg menhgalnecklaces that symbolizes headhunting feat
Ilocanoalaphor were pendants symbolic of the power of the elite
Examples of Personal Adornment
Ifugao Boar-Tusk Armlets
Art and Power
Bontoc and Ifugaoboar-tusk armlets after every successful war expedition
Art and Power
Ginut-tu
Ifugao Ginut-tu belt created from perforated-shell discs can only be worn by the nobility or kadangyan class
Everyday Use
Abaloryo latter part of the Spanish period fine glass beads intended for embellishing garments inexpensive body ornaments and rosaries for the masses
Examples of Personal Adornment
Abaloryo
Everyday Use
Mansaka girl wearing Sagay Sagay
Sagay sagay Musical bracelets of the Manoba and Mansaka Made of black coral that warned the wearer of danger
Scapulars, rosaries and medals with the image of Christ
widespread during the Spanish colonial-era and are still evident today
Scapular
Everyday Use
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