Mapeh 2

• Crafts, accessories, and body ornaments

  • Sarimanok
  • Okir
  • Maranao and Muslim Artwork
  • Face Makeup and body Ornaments
  • Wedding Attire
  • Ornaments
  • Functional articles
  • T'boli Accessories
• Sarimanok

  Legendary bird of the Maranao, comes from the words “sari” meaning cloth or garment and ‘manok” for chicken
• Okir


  Referred to as "ukit" in Filipino, "okir" in Maranao, and "okkil" in Maguindanaon; name comes from an old Malayan word which means to carve
• Maranao and Muslim Artwork


  • Lanao and Sulu Art
  • Leaf and Vines Pattern
• Face Makeup and body Ornaments

  • A distinct form of visual arts of the Yakan is the facial makeup applied on brides and grooms
• Wedding Attire

  • Male: Pis - hand-woven head cloth; worn as symbolic protection from spears or knives, Kandit - 15-m belt or sash made of gilim (red cloth), Shirts that are believed to be bulletproof with Arabic script designs prepared by imams and hadjis

  Female: Short skirt over trousers, Saruk - hat worn to add elegance
• Ornaments

  • Crocodile tooth necklace for fortune, Triangular amulets with symbols wrapped in black cloth (anting-anting) against bullets, Snake bone belts to guard from pain, Maniktegiyas - a necklace or bracelet of beads from dried fruit seeds from illness caused by evil spirits, Maniksembulan - necklace or bracelets made of bamboo stems cut into short pieces; serves as added protection
• Functional articles

  • Pegupaan - bamboo container for chewing betel nut, Lutuan - a small bronze box with engravings carried at the waist
• T'boli Accessories

  • Hilot is a heavy br
• Functional articles

  • Pegupaan - bamboo container for chewing betel nut
  • Lutuan - a small bronze box with engravings carried at the waist
• T'boli Accessories

  • Hilot - heavy brass belt worn by women during festivals
  • Suwatlmimotis - wooden comb with colored glass beads hanging from it, worn toward the back of the head
• Brass Making - Kulintang

  1. The kulintang is a musical instrument composed of eight different-sized brass gongs laid upon a wooden rack

  2. Gandang - the two-headed cylindrical drum

  3. Duahanagong - pair consisting of the bua (a giant-sized gong)

  4. Pulakan - a narrow-shaped knobbed gong
• The legendary bird of the Maranao said to be a symbol of good fortune is Sarimanok
• The word "ukit" in Filipino means carve
• A bamboo container for all the paraphernalia for chewing betel nut is Pegupaan
• A heavy brass belt commonly worn by T'boli women during festivals is Hilot
• A wooden comb with colored glass beads hanging from it, worn toward the back of the head is Suwatlmimotis