Grand City Hotel: 4-ft Tall Maranao Wooden Jar with In-laid Shells
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(DSC01862) Maranao Wood Carving: The carving of wood, horn, and ivory, like brass manufacture, is a man's work. Yet, while almost male in Lanao has some knowledge of this art, only those who has undergone a certain ritual eventually engage in it. The ritual is performed in honor of "Tominaman sa Rogon", the mythical patron of art, and this involves a blood-letting ceremony in which a chicken is butchered and its blood sprinkled on the hands and tools of the would-be carver. The carver's tools are few and very crude when compared with modern carving tools. The basic ones are the curved knife (nawi), the chisel (panasang), the axe (patok), and the charcoal of pencil for lining. For coloring, if this is desired (as is usual for the musical instrument rack, the "langkogan" or "kulintang"), plant dyes are used, although chemical dyes are becoming popular nowadays. The "pairaan" is a rich sample of Maranaw art. It not only illustrates the dichotomy of artistic inclinations according to sexes but at the same time blends these two dichotomous inclinations (i.e. the geometric-angular designs of women as against the curvilinear-smooth designs of men) into one coherent whole. And, inasmuch as the fern like covered is interpreted as symbolic of the "tree-of-life" in heaven, there is in the pairaan also an indication of the interconnectedness of the Maranaw art with mythical and other folkloric beliefs. (Taken from http://litera1no4.tripod.com/maranaw_fra me.html)
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This is beautiful and highly ornate!
said fdguin
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