TY  - ADVS
TI  - T'boli brass figures
KW  - T'boli
KW  - 1975
KW  - cire perdue
KW  - coins
KW  - commerce
KW  - figurines
KW  - filipino heritage
KW  - ginton
KW  - gods
KW  - lost wax process
KW  - lost-wax
KW  - metal work
KW  - metalware
KW  - mindanao
KW  - mine
KW  - mining
KW  - pixel
KW  - roces
KW  - south cotabato
KW  - tboli
KW  - t'boli
KW  - tiboli
KW  - tourist trade
KW  - trade
N1  - (See Original Caption. See also the CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art, Vol, IV, 200, for description of lost-wax method.)  The T'boli believe that their metalwork is a gift from their god Ginton. Since they are not known to mine thier own metals, they use scraps from coins, springs of trucks, and other sources for their metalware.
UR  - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Midsize/PE/PE00701a.jpg
UR  - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Thumb/PE/PE00701a.jpg
UR  - http://www.retrato.com.ph/photodtl.asp?id=PE00701
ER  -