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Detail on a jar cover molded into a human head. Even though the burial jars are similar to that of the pottery found in Kulaman Plateau, Southern Mindanao and many more excavation sites here in the Philippines, what makes the Maitum jars uniquely different is how the anthropomorphic features depict “specific dead persons whose remains they guard”.
Philippine jade culture, or jade artifacts, made from white and green nephrite and dating as far back as 2000–1500 BC, have been discovered at a number of archaeological excavations in the Philippines since the 1930s. The artifacts have been both tools like chisels and ornaments such as lingling-o earrings, bracelets, and beads.
Main jade producing countries. Jade is an umbrella term for two different types of decorative rocks used for jewelry or ornaments.Jade is often referred to by either of two different silicate mineral names: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group of minerals), or jadeite (a silicate of sodium and aluminum in the pyroxene group of minerals). [1]
Jade Artifacts- or Jade Culture made from white and green nephrite and dating as far back as 2000–1500 BC, has been discovered at a number of archeological excavations in the Philippines since the 1930s. The artifacts have been both tools like chisels, and ornaments such as lingling-o earrings, bracelets and beads. A "jade culture" is said to ...
Artifacts and Ecofacts from Philippine Archaeological Sites National Museum of Anthropology, Ermita, Manila: Pleistocene (707,000 YA) – 15th century: National Cultural Treasures are as follows: Manunggul Burial Jar; Calatagan Ritual Pot; Maitum Anthropomorphic Burial Jar No. 13; Maitum Quadrangular Burial Jar; Leta-Leta Jarlet with Yawning Mouth
Displays historical artifacts and local art [4] [5] Expected to move to Engine House No. 6 in the near future. Columbus Museum of Art: Downtown Art Displays European and American art and photography COSI: Franklinton Science, children's Displays about 300 interactive exhibits Hale Black Cultural Center: Ohio State University campus
Rare collectibles from the worlds of music and film, including gold rings owned by Elvis Presley and a letter written by Beach Boy Brian Wilson, will be up for auction this weekend. The "Artifacts ...
Earlier historians have posited that the earliest lingling-o artifacts found in the Philippines were created outside of the archipelago, but an expedition to the northern Philippine province of Batanes, led by archeologist Peter Bellwood in the early 2000s, led to the discovery of a lingling-o workshop, complete with construction tools and fragments.