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Boaioaq (bo-yo-wa) is a brass mortar used in pounding condiments such as palapa, a spicy mixture consisting of thinly chopped white scallions and ginger, turmeric, chili, and toasted grated coconut. This boaioaq forms part of the National Ethnographic Collection of the National Museum of the Philippines from the Maranao of Lanao del Sur in the … Read more

Beautiful! These colorful handwoven food covers are called ‘turong dulang’ and ‘tutup’ by the Sama and Tausug groups in Mindanao. Turong dulang is a dome-shaped cover with a basket decorated with colored geometric woven designs of buri strips. It has a loop attached to the lid and strings on both sides of the basket to … Read more

Tigkiw na Saday (Casiguran, Sorsogon) The National Museum of the Philippines, this week, features the prehistoric jar burials from the Little Tigkiw Site, a burial site locally known as “Tigkiw na Saday” in the Municipality of Casiguran, Province of Sorsogon. In 1978, a National Museum of the Philippines archaeology team led by Dr. Eusebio Dizon … Read more

Planting Rice by Miguel Galvez The National Museum of the Philippines celebrates Filipino Food Month and Rice Festival Week by honoring the people behind the country’s food production with this oil painting on canvas by Miguel Galvez (1912-1989) titled “Planting Rice” (1951) from the National Fine Arts Collection (NFAC). The artwork portrays farmers doing their … Read more

Today’s Wildlife Wednesday, the National Museum of the Philippines features a specimen that is turning 75 years old from the day it was collected — the Luzon bushy-tailed cloud rat locally known as “Bu-ot”. Luzon Bushy-tailed cloud rats (Crateromys shadenbergi) were collected by Harry H. Hoogstraal on 1946 in Mt. Kapilingan, Mountain Province. Since then, … Read more