via Vera Files, 01 July 2022: A feature on the stoneware jars found in the Philippines housed at the Elizabeth Y. Gokongwei Ethnographic Stoneware Resources Center at the National Museum of the Philippines.
For centuries, Filipinos have treasured stoneware jars for utilitarian and ritual purposes. Known as martaban, gusi, or tapayan, these jars were produced mostly in China and some Southeast Asian countries (e.g., Thailand, Burma, Cambodia) and reached the Philippines, as part of an intricate network of global trade that existed long before Spain’s arrival in the country.
Early this June, the Elizabeth Y. Gokongwei Ethnographic Stoneware Resources Center (EYG Resource Center) has been inaugurated at the National Museum of the Philippines, in partnership with the Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, Inc. It is located at the 5F, East Wing, National Museum of Anthropology in Manila. (see: http://pamana.ph/ncr/manila/stoneware.360).
Source: Tapayan, Gusi, or Martaban: Tales of Stoneware Jars in the Philippines – VERA Files
