The Art of Traditional
Pottery of Pasil
Kalinga
GROUP 2
FACTS
Pottery is a traditional craft of the local tribes in
Kalinga. Clay is the most important and earth's most
abundant raw materials.
Potters of Pasil use natural and locally available raw
materials and indigenous tools and with the use of
the bare hand in doing the said craft;
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FACTS
Pottery is a timeless occupation and the best
pots through the ages have an equality of
timelessness about then that transcends
chronological and cultural boundaries.
In the contemporary art arena, pottery has been
looked at as the poor cousin to painting and
sculpture in much the same way that the
graphical arts were viewed.
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DID YOU KNOW?
FACTS
In Kalinga, in
Barangay Dangtalan in
Pasil, pottery still
remains to be an
exclusively female
craft.
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Tools and
Materials used in
Kalinga Pottery
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TOOLS & MATERIALS
The following are the functions of the tools and materials(in
Traditional Term) used in Kalinga Pottery:
⊡ Pita (Clay) –it is the primary component in order to create and
produce a hand-made earthenware.
⊡ Al’o(Pestle) –it is use in order to make the clay stone-free and
fine.
⊡ Sasal-salan – it is a big smoothen rock where potters pound clay
soil into fine clay.
⊡ Chuyas –it is a wooden plate where the clay is being formed.
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TOOLS & MATERIALS
⊡ Ichi-id –it is a stone polisher.
⊡ Pikpik –it is a wooden paddle.
⊡ Gili –it is used inscribing designs and designs on the surface of
the pot.
⊡ Talin-jak –it is a piece of bamboo used in pulling the pot from
fire.
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TOOLS & MATERIALS
⊡ Inanas –it is a piece of cloth used in polishing.
⊡ Usu-us –it is a piece of coconut shell used in
polishing.
⊡ Chu’yok –it is a piece of wood.
⊡ Aga-us – it is a round metal.
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TOOLS & MATERIALS
⊡ Puya –it is known as red clay.
⊡ Nigatong- it is a sand stone.
⊡ Pakaw- it is a raisin handle.
⊡ Ulot For burning process, bamboo sticks and rice
husk are required.
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FINISHED PRODUCTS
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I HOPE YOU LEARN
SOMETHING TODAY
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