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Basket Capital of Bohol Antequera is located 18 kms north of Tagbilaran, Bohol. The town is known as the Basket Capital of Bohol for its long history of basket weaving. Today, it is one of the town’s major industries and is a viable source of income for many locals. Traditionally, the women do the weaving … Read more

Patuk In celebration of the Maritime and Archipelagic Nation Awareness Month, the National Museum of the Philippines features the Sama Dilaut’s boat-building tools. The traditional boat-building tools of the Sama Dilaut mainly use patuk, a general name applied to various ax, hatchet, and adz-like tools. The blade of this tool may be attached to a … Read more

This is tinagak or knotted pineapple fiber. This is used in weaving piña cloth. Red Spanish pineapple leaves can grow to approximately one to two meters in length in 1.5 to 2 years. The extracted and cleaned fiber are knotted to form a continuous thread ready for weaving. Visit the Habol Panay textile gallery when … Read more

Philippine pangolin from Sunda pangolin distinguished The Philippine pangolin was only recently described as a species distinct from the Sunda pangolin. It has the greatest number of scale rows across its back of all Asian pangolins. It can be distinguihed from the Sunda pangolin by its smaller scales and s shorter head and body to … Read more

Neolithic Artifacts of the Batanes Islands For this week’s Trowel Tuesday, The National Museum of the Philippines is featuring the Neolithic artifacts of the Batanes Islands. The Neolithic Period in Southeast Asia is described as a transition from hunter-gatherer population to village farmers. In the Philippines, the Neolithic Period is estimated to be about 4500 … Read more