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Tafayag (d)

LOCAL NAME:

Tafayag (d)

ENGLISH NAME:

Lime container

DESCRIPTION:

A wooden tafayag adorned with multi-colored threads and beads

COMMONLY USED BY/IN:

Ga’dang, Mountain Province

MATERIAL COMPOSITION:

Wood, Beads

ITEM CONSTRUCTION:

Carving, Beadwork

DIMENSIONS:

Height:
15 cm

Diameter:
1.4 cm

ACQUISITION YEAR:

2021

RESEARCH DATA:

The tafayag, or lime container, is a small tube that connects a hollow cane via a receptacle. It can be crafted from various materials such as finely woven rattan and nito fibres, animal bone, wood, coconut shell, animal horn, or even animal scrotum. This particular lime container is made of bamboo and adorned with intricate tattoo markings etched onto its surface. Additionally, it is embellished with glass beads in red, white, yellow, and black, representing the traditional colours of the Ga’dang ethnolinguistic group found in Paracelis, Mountain Province.

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The tafayag, or lime container, is a small tube that connects a hollow cane via a receptacle. It can be crafted from various materials such as finely woven rattan and nito fibres, animal bone, wood, coconut shell, animal horn, or even animal scrotum. This particular lime container is made of bamboo and adorned with intricate tattoo markings etched onto its surface. Additionally, it is embellished with glass beads in red, white, yellow, and black, representing the traditional colours of the Ga’dang ethnolinguistic group found in Paracelis, Mountain Province.

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