Maranao "Talam" Brassware in Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental
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(DSC01864) For the Maranaos in Mindanao, food is generally eaten with bare hands while sitting on the floor. On special occasions, the floor is covered with woven colorful mats, and food is served on brass trays called "talam" or "tabak". (Taken from http://www.muslimmindanao.ph/muslim_arts .html) .... The Maranaws are, by far, the largest manufacturers of brass-wares in the Philippines. The art can be traced to pre-Spanish Chinese contacts. Today, the brass artisans of Tugaya, a lakeshore community in Lanao del Sur, some 20 kilometers from the capital city of Marawi, are utilizing scraps recovered from the bomb casings and ammunition shells of the Second World War and also brass sheets that are commercially sold. These are melted in a crude crucible made of a mixture of clay and charcoal and poured into a clay-mould between which is a wax designed. In other words, the manufacturer of brassware utilizes a technique called the "lost-wax process." The designs (okir) on the brassware are basically the same as those on carved wood. (Taken from http://litera1no4.tripod.com/maranaw_fra me.html)
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