Filipino Arts and Crafts Quiz

In the traditional process of pottery-making in Pasil, Kalinga, this liquid is added to the clay to achieve the desired flexibility.

• Soda

• Oil

• Thinner

• Water

This earthenware found in Ilocos is unique since it is dark in color and is unglazed as compared to others.

• Kalinga

• Burnay

• Kalanay

• Novaliches

This pertains to the machine used in flattening metals (golds) into thin pieces/sheets and wires.

• Laminador

• Platero

• Liha

• Kikilin

It is a headpiece made of native gourd or upo. One famous maker of this is Filipino artist Teofilo Garcia.

• Tobao

• Salakot

• Tabungaw

• Panika

This artisan and metalsmith is known for the craft of pinukpuk.

• Eduardo Mutuc

• Teofilo Garcia

• Tessy Pettyjohn

• Jaime de Guzman

Who was the Spanish conquistador who called the Filipinos “buen ebanistas” after seeing the woodwork produced by the natives?

• Juan Luna

• Miguel Lopez de Legaspi

• Jose P. Rizal

• Graciano Lopez Jaena

These Filipinos are famous for the way they carved the mountain slopes that form the legendary Banaue rice terraces.

• The Ifugaos

• The Tagbanwa

• The Paete

• The T’boli

They are known for their wood carving because it incorporates a technique of completely blackening the surface of the wood and then bringing out white portions while etching the design.

• The Ifugaos

• The Tagbanwa

• The Paete

• The T’boli

What is the name of the tree that the Tagbanwas used in carving?

• Bul-ul tree

• Alimutyugan tree

• Ipil-ipil

• Narra tree

The name Paete comes from the word paet, which literally means…

• Wood

• Chisel

• Knife

• Tree