Sculpture is a fine art that involves the process of carving and molding a clay, stone, metal, etc.

1. SCULPTURE

2. In a cave in Angono, Rizal
(3000 BCE) they recovered
a low relief engraving
human and animal figures.

3. OLDEST KNOWN
ARTWORK

4. HONOR AND
PRESTIGE

5. In a burial site in Calatagan,
Batangas archaeological
diggings recovered a stone
figure from brain corals
called likha palapat.

7. MANUNGGUL JAR (Burial Jar)
found in Palawan also features
on its lid a boat with two men
rowing.

8. MASTERS of the sea

9. Leta-leta Jar found in Leta-
leta Cave in Langen Island,
Palawan. The effigy jar
features a neck and lip of a
yawning man.

11. BUL-OL
In the mountain region of
Cordilleras, wood carving is an
important art. The bul-ol is a
wooden figure of a god that serves
as guardian to rice granaries and
pathways.

14. It is believed that this
seated figure will drive away
evil and keep the owner away
from bad luck and bring good
harvest.

15. In Mindanao, Muslim
people particularly the
Maranoas carve the image of
sarimanok, a mytical bird in
Darangen.

19. This figure is said to be a
status symbol in the community.
The art sculpture is also popular
among the Maranaos as evident
in their okir designs in torogan,
panulong and their musical
instruments.