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File:Igorot Shield (kalasag).jpg|An [[Igorot people|Igorot]] kalasag (c. 1905) |
File:Igorot Shield (kalasag).jpg|An [[Igorot people|Igorot]] kalasag (c. 1905) |
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File:Kaamulan Festival 2016.jpg|[[Manobo people|Manobo]] ''kalasag'' and spears during the 2016 [[Kaamulan Festival]] |
File:Kaamulan Festival 2016.jpg|[[Manobo people|Manobo]] ''kalasag'' and spears during the 2016 [[Kaamulan Festival]] |
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File:Visayan balay illustrated by Fr. Francisco Ignacio Alcina, SJ.jpg|[[Visayans|Visayan]] warriors with both [[Taming (shield)|taming]] and kalasag shields from the ''Historia de las Islas e Indios de Bisayas'' (1668) by [[Francisco Ignacio Alcina]] |
File:Visayan balay illustrated by Fr. Francisco Ignacio Alcina, SJ.jpg|[[Visayans|Visayan]] warriors with both [[Taming (shield)|taming]] and kalasag shields from the ''Historia de las Islas e Indios de Bisayas'' (c. 1668) by [[Francisco Ignacio Alcina]] |
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File:An Itneg shaman renewing an offering to the spirit shield (1922, Philippines).jpg|A 1922 photograph of a [[babaylan|shaman]] of the [[Itneg people]] renewing an offering to the spirit (''[[anito]]'') of a warrior's ''kalasag'' |
File:An Itneg shaman renewing an offering to the spirit shield (1922, Philippines).jpg|A 1922 photograph of a [[babaylan|shaman]] of the [[Itneg people]] renewing an offering to the spirit (''[[anito]]'') of a warrior's ''kalasag'' |
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The kalaság is a large rectangular myth-motif shield used by precolonial Filipinos. The shield is made of hardwood and is decorated with intricate carvings and an elaborate rattan binding on the front.[1] The wood comes from native trees such as the dapdap, polay and sablang.[2] The shield usually measured about 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length and 0.5 m (1.6 ft) in width. Its base is composed of rattan wood which is strengthened by the application of resin coating that turned rock-hard upon drying.[3]
It was widely used throughout the Philippines for warfare. Datu Lapulapu was reported to have used this shield during the Battle of Mactan in 1521. Its shape is commonly used as part of the official seal of the Philippine National Police. Various kinds of kalasag are also represented in the provincial flags of Bukidnon, Maguindanao, and Mountain Province.
The officers who bears the royal regalia of the Sultan of Brunei such as the Panglima Agsar, carries the royal weapons of kelasak (shield) and kampilan (sword).[4]
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Various kinds of kalasag from Mindanao displayed in the National Museum of Anthropology -
A Moro kalasag (c. 1905) -
An Igorot kalasag (c. 1905) -
Manobo kalasag and spears during the 2016 Kaamulan Festival -
Visayan warriors with both taming and kalasag shields from the Historia de las Islas e Indios de Bisayas (c. 1668) by Francisco Ignacio Alcina -
A 1922 photograph of a shaman of the Itneg people renewing an offering to the spirit (anito) of a warrior's kalasag
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See also
References
- ^ New York Academy of Sciences, Synergy (Online service) (1917). Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. New York Academy of Sciences. p. 236.
- ^ Dozier, Edward P. (1966). Mountain Arbiters: The Changing Life of a Philippine Hill People. University of Arizona Press. p. 131. ISBN 9780816500611. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- ^ Junker, Laura Lee (1999). Raiding, Trading and Feasting. University of Hawaii Press. p. 352. ISBN 978-0-8248-2035-0. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- ^ Siti Norkhalbi Haji Wahsalfelah (2007). Textiles and Identity in Brunei Darussalam. White Lotus Press. ISBN 978-974-480-094-7.
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