Art Exhibition: Aguiling, Saonoy, Tibayan
Art Exhibition: Aguiling, Saonoy, Tibayan
Art Exhibition: Aguiling, Saonoy, Tibayan
Exhibition
AGUILING, SAONOY, TIBAYAN
Here’s what you will see:
● The assigned artists namely Haja Amina Appi & Salinta Monon
Her colorful mats show her precise sense of design, proportion and
symmetry and sensitivity to color with their complex geometric patterns. A
plain white outer mat that acts as the backing of the mat covers her special
multi-colored mats. It takes up to three months to create her practical and
creative creations.
Award of Haja Amina Appi
In 2004 she was awarded the National Living Treasure. She played with
her work, and she created her own tints to produce the shades she had in
mind. Appi died in 2013, but her art continues through her children and
other young women in her community.
Salinta Monon
Salinta Monon’s Personal Life
● Monon was born on December 12, 1920 and grew up in Bituag, Bansalan in Davao del Sur
and watched her mother weave ikat a traditional abaca.
● Because of her reputation as a weaver, Agton Monon, a farmer and her husband, had to pay
her father Datu Bansalan Barra a high bride price to allow him to marry her; on July 4 ,
1946, the two married and had six children. After her husband died in the 1970s, Salinta
Monon had to manage the farm.
Salinta Monon’s Background
● She was known for her Bagobo-Tagabawa textiles and was known as the "last Bagobo
weaver".
● She started learning weaving from her mother at the age of 12.
● She also used to wear the traditional hand woven tube skirt of the Bagobo which is called
Sinuklad and Bandura. (shown in the previous slide)
The Works of Salinta Monon
Bagobo Textiles
Her Mats feature the traditional Bagobo Textile and her favorite design was
the “binuwaya”, or crocodile, which is said to be among the most difficult
to weave.
Award of Salinta Monon
Salinta Monon, one of two winners of the National Living Treasures Award
in 1998.
Sources
● https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Salinta_Monon
● https://sites.google.com/site/takemetomindanaogroup5/gamaba-awardees/haja-amina-appi#:~:tex
t=Haja%20Amina%20Appi%20
● https://www.manilatimes.net/2014/12/27/weekly/the-sunday-times/preserving-culture-weaving/1
51517/
● https://judebautista.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/heroes-of-filipino-culture-part-2/
● https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/2017/10/10/indigenous-artists-national-living-treasures.ht
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● https://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/culture-profile/gamaba/national-living-treasures-salint
a-monon/
● https://philippineculturaleducation.com.ph/haja-amina-appi/
Thank You!