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Ukkil
Visual Arts of the Sulu Archipelago
- Publisher
- Ateneo de Manila University Press
- Year
- 2005
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 296
- ISBN
- 9789715504812
- Availability
- In print
Still in print: the link goes to a shop that sells it.
About the book
The carved, woven and worked ornament of Sulu, ukkil, in a large illustrated study by the dancer and scholar who spent her life recording the archipelago’s arts.
Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa married into the family of the Sultan of Sulu and lived in the southern Philippines for more than 20 years. In this large illustrated book she records the visual arts of the Sulu archipelago, and argues that folk art should be read as a true record of social history.
The book has 7 chapters, one for each art: basketry, cloth weaving, embroidery, pottery, carving, blacksmithing and casting, and goldsmithing. She describes how each is made in close detail, from weaving looms to the oil used in casting, and links Sulu motifs such as the boat, the bird, the fish and the dragon to the rest of the Philippines and Asia. A reviewer in the Kyoto Review notes 2 full pages showing the parts of a Sama lepa houseboat.
She regrets the loss of some boats, carvings and crafts, and recommends reviving them. The book has photographs with long captions, a glossary and a bibliography. Ateneo de Manila University Press published it in 2005, and it was a finalist for the Gintong Aklat Award for the arts in 2006.
Cover from Open Library, shown to identify the book; its rights stay with the publisher.
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