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Museums protect and conserve Philippine arts. A number of museums in the country possess works of art which have been declared National Treasures, particularly the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila. Other notable museums include the Ayala Museum, Negros Museum, Museo Sugbo, Lopez Museum, and Metropolitan Museum of Manila.
Detail of a panolong with a naga motif, from the National Museum of Anthropology. Okir, also spelled okil or ukkil, is the term for rectilinear and curvilinear plant-based designs and folk motifs that can be usually found among the Moro and Lumad people of the Southern Philippines, as well as parts of Sabah.
The site has been declared by the National Museum of the Philippines as a National Cultural Treasure in 1973. It is also included in the list of the World Inventory of Rock Art in 1985 and historic sites of the World Monuments Watch and World Monuments Funds [2] and part of the Philippines' tentative list of the UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Felipe Landa Jocano (February 5, 1930 – October 27, 2013) was a Filipino anthropologist, educator, and author known for his significant body of work within the field of Philippine Anthropology, [3] [4] [5] and in particular for documenting and translating the Hinilawod, a Western Visayan folk epic. [3]
Gregorio Fernandez Zaide (May 25, 1907 – October 31, 1986) was a Filipino historian, author, and politician from the town of Pagsanjan, Laguna, Philippines.A multi-awarded author, Zaide wrote 67 books and more than 500 articles about history, and is known as the "Dean of Filipino Historiographers."
Baybayin (ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔, [a] Tagalog pronunciation: [bajˈbajɪn]) or Sulat Tagalog (ᜐᜓᜎᜆ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔ [b]), also called Basahan (ᜊᜐᜑᜈ᜔ [c]) by Bicolanos, sometimes erroneously referred to as alibata, is a Philippine script widely used primarily in Luzon during the 16th and 17th centuries and prior to write ...
The Manunggul Jar is a secondary burial jar excavated from a Neolithic burial site in the Manunggul cave of the Tabon Caves at Lipuun Point in Palawan, Philippines.It dates from 890–710 B.C. [2] and the two prominent figures at the top handle of its cover represent the journey of the soul to the afterlife.
Juan Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta (Spanish: [ˈxwan ˈluna], Tagalog: [hwɐn ˈluna]; October 23, 1857 – December 7, 1899) was a Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century.