National Museum of

Anthropology National
Museum of Natural
History & Intramuros

Submitted by:
Renz Andrew Alvaro
John Rome Cariaga
BSCPE 901

Submitted to: Sir Jason Recto

Nov. 18, 2019
National Museum of Anthropology

BELL, KAMPANA 1853

The Balangiga bells are three church bells that were taken by the United States Army from the
Church of San Lorenzo de Martir in Balangiga, Eastern Samar, Philippines, as war trophies after
reprisals following the Balangiga massacre in 1901 during the Philippine–American War. One
church bell was in the possession of the 9th Infantry Regiment at Camp Red Cloud, their base in
South Korea, while two others were on a former base of the 11th Infantry Regiment at Francis E.
Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
PLANCHA
The desired pattern is embossed from the plancha or metal
sheet by hammering using customized iron nails. Chased
objects from the metal sheet are later cut to produce
calado.

KUTYAPI
This was used by Manlilikha ng Bayan
Samaon Sulaiman and donated by his wife
Kera M. Abdulatip through the NCCAin
2012.
GABBNG AND LISAG (Xylophone)
Yakan | Lamitan, Basilan Bamboo, wood and commercial cloth
Donated by Uwang Ahadas through the NCCA

Muslims have a deep reverence to the Koran, the sacred book in

islam containing the messages and teachings of Allah, it serves
as a divine guidance in living according to Islamic faith and
principles.

Dalisdis we ballong (choker) and Armband

Kalinga | Lubuagan, Kalinga Plastic beads, brass and cotton threads.
Previously owned by Manlilikha ng Bayan Alonzo Saclag and donated
through the NCCA.
Lawi/Uskong and Kalugung Cattagang
Feather plume and cap
Kalinga | Lubuagan, Kalinga Rattan, plastic beads, feather and wood
The cap is a repository of tobacco, betel nut, pipe, flint and coins. The bead ensemble on top of
the cap is called dalisdis, similar with the beaded chocker. Tufts of bright feathers are tuck on
either side of the hat during special occasions.

Galingan
Marinao | Lanao del Sur
Spinning wheel
Wood and thread
Note the armalis and pako rabong carved at the wheel,
and the magoyoda motif at the base.
 Image of Indarapatra
Maranao | Lanao del Sur
Wood, tin and paint

Kwintangan kayu
Musical instrument
Uwang Ahadas
Yakan | Lamitan, Basilan
Bamboo, wood and synthetic paints
Kwintangan kayu is a series of logs arranged in
gradated sizes and hung under a tree near a rice field.
The music it produces is believed to encourage newly planted rice to grow and bear abundant
grains.

Lantaka Mortero
Cannon Signal Canon
Confiscated and turned over to the National Museum by the
Bureau of Customs in 2010
21, 23, 24
Lantaka
Cannon
Maguindano | Cotabato
National Museum of Anthropology Collection

National Museum of Natural History

The National Museum of Natural

History (Filipino: Pambansang Museo ng Likas na
Kasaysayan) is the national natural history
museum of the Philippines.

Tyrannosaurus rex
(Osborn, 1905)
Late Cretaceous Period: 68 to 66 Million Years Ago

A bust of the Philippines' national hero - Dr. Jose P. Rizal

Lolong (died 10 February 2013) was the largest crocodile in

captivity. He was a saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)
measured at 6.17 m (20 ft 3 in), and weighed 1,075 kg
(2,370 lb), making him one of the largest crocodiles ever
measured from snout-to-tail.
 The Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), also known as the monkey-
eating eagle or great Philippine eagle, is an endangered species of eagle of the
family Accipitridae endemic to forests in the Philippines. It has brown and
white-coloured plumage, and a shaggy crest, and generally measures 86 to
102 cm (2.82 to 3.35 ft) in length and weighs 4.04 to 8.0 kg (8.9 to 17.6 lb).

This Boulder is a volcanic rock called andesite. Andesite is igneous rock

composed mainly of plagioclase, feldspar, a mineral series ranging from
the composition of sodium aluminum silicate to calcium aluminum silicate.

BOULDER

Lahar
A lahar is a violent type of mudflow or debris flow
composed of a slurry of pyroclastic material, rocky debris and
water. The material flows down from a volcano, typically
along a river valley.

Gold
Gold is the handiest metal in the world and used
mostly as jewelry, because it is malleable and has a
high luster with pleasing yellow color. Other important
uses of gold are: in the field of electronics and
computer; in finances which is used as a medium of
exchange or money; and in aerospace which is used as
lubricant and vehicle coating for protection. Gold is also a highly efficient conductor that can
carry tiny currents and remain free of corrosion.
 Cretaceous ammonites. These snail-shaped fossils
belong to the ammonites – extinct marine animals
with a calcareous shell. Ammonites belong
together with bivalves and gastropods to the
molluscs. They are ancient relatives of the recent
squids that lived in the sea 300 to 70 million years
ago.

SKELETON OF THE INDO-PACIFIC

CROCODILE “LOLONG”
“Lolong”, a male indo-pacific or saltwater
crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) was captured in
the wetlands of the Agusan Marsh within the
jurisdiction of the Municipality of Bunawan,
Agusan del Sur, Mindanao, by his namesake,
Ernesto “Lolong” Canete, a veteran crocodile
hunter, on September 3, 2011. This was the
culmination of a hunt, which lasted three weeks,
in search of a certain giant crocodile that was
blamed by locals for the deaths of a fisherman, a young girl, and several water buffaloes.

National Museum of Natural History Collection

Intramuros: Rizal
SILID PIITAN

is Rizal’s actual prison cell, which contains a life-size wax effigy of

Rizal by National Artist for Sculture Guillermo Tolentino.

SILID PAGLILITIS

replicates Rizal’s trial at the Cuartel de España through a dramatic

light and sound presentation

KABAYANIHAN

contains a variety of artifactssuch as clothing, photographs,

replicas of Rizal’s alcohol stove and valedictory poem, a piece of
Rizal’s vertebra enshrined in a reliquary, and the mural-size
painting of Rizal’s execution by National Artist for Painting Carlos
V. Francisco

A drawing of Rizal’s execution which came out in El Motin

Madrid Spain, 13 July 1911
Remains of Rizal’s shoes and hat which he wore when he was executed.

RIZAL’S LIBRARY
Rizal was an avid reader. He loved books and kept many of them in his
library. His books included those written in German , English, French,
Italian and Spanish, ranging from literary works to philosophy and
religion.

The Philippine one-peso note (₱1) was a denomination of Philippine

currency. On its final release, José Rizal was featured on the front side of
the bill, while the Declaration of the Philippine Independence was
featured on the reverse side.
This banknote was circulated until the Central Bank stopped printing this
currency in 1973. It was replaced by coins upon the introduction of
the Ang Bagong Lipunan series.

Jose Rizal’s stamps and in the mail of the Philippines

 Noli me tangere is the Latin version of a phrase spoken, according to John
20:17, by Jesus to Mary Magdalene when she recognized him after his
resurrection. The biblical scene gave birth to a long series of depictions in
Christian art from Late Antiquity to the present.

Jose Rizal Clothes in Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila.

Intramuros: Rizal
REACTION PAPER
The Life of Rizal would be the best lesson to be learned not just because he sacrificed his life but
also because he gave lots of lesson that we should also share for the next generation.
As my experienced at Museum of Anthropology I’ve seen lot of artifacts, some are replica but
the others are old artifacts way back year ago. One of my favorite artifacts is the canon which
obviously old and rusty but they still manage to clean it regularly. When I asked one of the staff
in the museum if those canons are real and if our military used it before and the staff told yes that
all those canons that inside the museum are all real. I’m confused because I was thinking how
that canon works cause if you look at it it’s just like a piece of metal bar. While at Museum of
Natural History what I really like about it is the structure of the place which the engineer really
thought about every corner of the place also the collections inside the museum even if some of
those are replicas.
In Intramuros, while we are looking for Fort Santiago, we’ve seen lot of old structures and I’m
amazed because it was my first time on that place and I’m not aware that Intramuros is very
different from pictures that you might see on social media or internet. When we arrived in Fort
Santiago, I saw some of structures that close to knock down but luckily they still manage to do
something for that structure. Fort Santiago isn't simply a quiet place nowadays. this can
be not simply an area to walk and relax. It's an area wherever you'll acquire belongings
you don't apprehend, and most of it's regarding Rizal.

RENZ ANDREW ALVARO

REACTION PAPER
My experience in Museum of Anthropology, Museum of Natural History and Intramuros is
really amusing because we can see there the old artifacts that the Philippines have last decades
ago. If we go there you will see our history and our heroes that fight for our country like Jose
Rizal. Museum of Anthropology has many old artifacts that tell what are the things used by our
"ninuno" in their past life. You can see that they can live without internet beacause anything that
they used is hand-made and I truly admire that they are so creative because they don't need
internet to create things instead they are using their mind to think the possibility to survive in
their era.
Museum of Natural History is very attractable because of the fossil that they collected. You can
see their our largest crocodile in the Philippines named "Lolong" and when I saw Lolong, I'm
totally amazed because it is so huge and obviously it is strong types of crocodile. When we
visited the museum of jose rizal in fort santiago I saw the beauty from the past, and all of the
documents and things of Rizal is in there and you will see the greatness of our Hero.

JOHN ROME CARIAGA