Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions: Local Materials to Contemporary Arts

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering the traditional and contemporary local materials used in Philippine arts, their botanical sources, properties, and handcrafted products.

Local Materials

Materials available in the immediate environment, or found wherever the artist is situated.

Bamboo

A local raw material used in construction, textiles, musical instruments, weapons, and many other products.

Kubing

A traditional Philippine musical instrument crafted from bamboo.

Bungkaka

A bamboo musical instrument (bamboo buzzer) made out of bamboo.

Tongatong

A traditional bamboo stamping tube musical instrument made out of bamboo.

Angklung

A musical instrument consisting of bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame.

Pateteg

A Philippine bamboo leg xylophone musical instrument made out of bamboo.

Gabbang

A native bamboo xylophone musical instrument produced from bamboo.

Bamboo Musical Instruments

Traditional sound-producing instruments made from bamboo, including the kubing, bungkaka, tongatong, angklung, pateteg, and gabbang.

Abaca

A local material belonging to the Banana family whose fiber has a natural luster with colors ranging from pure white to ivory and dark brown.

Banana Family

The plant family to which the local fiber-producing plant abaca belongs.

Chelsea chair

A distinctive designer chair made out of abaca.

Abaca Products

Products made out of abaca, including slippers, ropes, twine, hammocks, frames, display jars, jars, and the Chelsea chair.

Buntal

Cylindrically shaped fibers with supple ivory white strands that are quite durable, pliable, and possess good dyeing qualities.

Buntal Strands

Supple ivory white strands of buntal fiber that are durable, pliable, and have good dyeing qualities.

Buntal Desk Accessories

Functional workstation products made from buntal, including pen holders, picture frames, and file trays.

Buntal Products

Finished items made from buntal, including bags, shoes, pen holders, picture frames, file trays, wallets, place mats, braids, lampshades, and window blinds.

Kabkab

The outermost covering or leaf sheath of the abaca stalk, forming a flat thick durable sheath used as twine or braided.

Kabkab Fiber

Strong brown fiber derived from the abaca leaf sheath, primarily used to make furniture.

Cecilia dining table

A specific dining table furniture piece crafted out of kabkab.

Bangkuay bin

A specialized bin container product made out of kabkab.

Kabkab Products

Items made out of kabkab, including mats, bangkuay bins, boxes, bins, display jars, jars, the Cecilia dining table, and arm chairs.

Coir

The fibrous material surrounding the fruit of the coconut tree.

Geo Textiles (Coir)

Permeable fabric structures made out of coconut coir used in erosion control and environmental landscaping.

Coir Products

Commercial and agricultural items derived from coconut coir, including coir disks, coir blocks, husk chip blocks, coir pots, peat blocks, coir bales, and geo textiles.

Buri

A local material extracted from the matured leaves of the palm, producing a fiber that is durable and resistant to moisture.

Matured Palm Leaves (Buri)

The source plant material from which moisture-resistant and durable buri fiber is extracted.

Memorabilia boxes

Keepsake storage boxes listed among the products handcrafted from buri fiber.

Perfume tray

A decorative vanity tray product made out of buri.

Buri Products

Woven goods manufactured from buri, including hats, bags, baskets, memorabilia boxes, perfume trays, and other woven products.

Nito

A plant belonging to the fern family that grows abundantly in the hinterlands of Mindanao.

Fern Family

The plant family to which the climbing vine nito belongs.

Hinterlands of Mindanao

The upland interior regions of Mindanao where the nito plant grows abundantly.

Nito Products

Handicraft items made out of nito, including bags, bread trays, lampshades, and decorative jars.

Pandan

A tropical plant that is processed and transformed into splints used as a raw material for weaving.

Pandan Splints

Processed strips made from pandan leaves that are utilized as raw material for weaving.

Pandan Products

Items made out of pandan splints, including baskets, hats, picture frames, and bags.

Tikog

A native reed plant belonging to sea grasses used as a raw material for mat weaving.

Sea Grasses (Tikog)

The plant group to which the mat-weaving reed tikog belongs.

Tower candle holder

A decorative candle-holding craft made out of tikog.

Tikog Products

Products made out of tikog, including bags, decorative mats, hampers, newspaper racks, table mats, waste bins, tower candle holders, and wall décor.

Tikiw

A large, aquatic or marshy herb plant found from central Luzon to Mindanao, abounding in freshwater swamps and newly opened rice land at low altitudes.

Tikiw Habitat

Freshwater swamps and newly opened rice land at low altitudes located from central Luzon to Mindanao.

Tikiw Products

Goods crafted out of tikiw, including baskets, hampers with lids, bags, rugs, carpets, placemats, jars, and other decorative items.

Rattan

A material belonging to the palm family, encompassing high or low climbers, and single-stemmed or clustered species.

Zoya lounge chair

A contemporary seating furniture piece made out of rattan.

Valencia queen size bed

A queen-size bedroom furniture piece crafted out of rattan.

Rest divan

A couch or daybed lounging furniture product made out of rattan.

Raffia

A fiber extracted from unopened buri leaves in $3$ stages, which is loom woven into fabrics or used for wall coverings, upholstery material, folding doors, and window hangings.

Raffia Products

Goods made out of raffia, including hats, placemats, folders, shoes, slippers, boxes, portfolios, ladies bags, and document boxes.