Balog
LOCAL NAME:
Balog
ENGLISH NAME:
Wooden frame
DESCRIPTION:
A wooden architectural detail with bulul and hagabi reinforced with rattan splits.
COMMONLY USED BY/IN:
Ifugao
MATERIAL COMPOSITION:
Wood, Rattan splits
ITEM CONSTRUCTION:
Woodcarving
DIMENSIONS:
Length: 66.5 cm
Width: 2.2 cm
Hagabi (left)
Length: 19 cm
Bulul
Height: 12 cm
Hagabi (right)
Length: 19.5 cm
ACQUISITION YEAR:
2021
DISPLAY STATUS:
BURC
RESEARCH DATA:
This architectural detail is known as a balog, originating from Ifugao. To acquire and install such a feature, it was imperative to conduct rituals and host feasts within the community. According to Quintos (2014), a ritual sacrifice of a carabao was mandatory, serving as a social obligation to provide sustenance to the village in exchange for the privilege to commission and showcase the balog. Consequently, this underscores the notion that the kadangyan (affluent class) holds the authority to commission and have this architectural detail installed inside the fale, an Ifugao house.
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