Maitum Burial Jar

Ang Maitum Anthropomorphic Burial Jar 21 ay isa sa ___dalwamput siyam na___

natagpuan noong 1991 sa Ayub Cave, Maitum, Saranggani. Ito ay isang secondary burial
jar na nagpapakita ng kaugalian ng paglibing sa patay noon.

Ang Maitum Jars ay kawili-wili dahil ito ay dinisenyo at ginawa batay sa hugis ng tao.
Kakaiba ito dahil ang bawat isang burial jar na natagpuan ay may iba't ibang klase,
disenyo at katangian.

Ang Maitum jars ay galing sa Metal Age. ________ were dated back to YEAR ETC
through the use of carbon dating techniques SOOT SAMPLE FROM INSIDE THE JAR.



Maitum anthropomorphic burial jar # 21
The Maitum burial jars were dated to the 5BC to 370 AD.
These anthromorphic potteries have lids that were carved as
human heads with distinct facial features. Each of the jars
are said to be a representative of the deceased, making each
jar unique.
Some of the jars are plain while others have arms and breast
applied on the body of the earthenware.
These were associated with metal implements; glass beads and bracelets; shell spoon,
scoop, bracelets and pendants; earthenware potteries with incised designs and cut-out foot-
rings; non-anthropomorphic burial jars.

The anthropomorphic secondary burial jars from Pinol, Maitum, Saranggani Province in Mindanao date back to
the Metal Age. The site had been dated to 830 +/-60 B.P. (calibrated date of A.D. 70 to 370) and 1920 +/- 50 B.P.
(cal. date of 5 B.C. to A.D. 225). The radiocarbon dates were obtained from the soot samples taken from the
small earthenware vessel found inside one of the anthropomorphic burial jar. These burial jars are made of
earthenware designed and formed like human figures with complete facial characteristics. These were
associated with metal implements; glass beads and bracelets; shell spoon, scoop, bracelets and pendants;
earthenware potteries with incised designs and cut-out foot-rings; non-anthropomorphic burial jars.


Earthenware pots resembling human figures were found in Ayub Cave, in Pinol, Maitum,
Saranggani Province. The jars used for secondary burial were dated to the Metal Age about
5 BC. - 225 A.D. Each of the twenty nine jars recovered from the site is unique. The head-
shaped covers portray different kinds of facial expressions: sadness, joy, contentment. The
heads were either plain, perforated or coated with red and black paints. Some have
earrings, others are tattoed. Some head-shaped covers depict teeth while others have arms,
female breasts and male genitalia.

http://philmuseum.tripod.com/archaeo.htm
http://www.nationalmuseum.gov.ph/nationalmuseumbeta/Collections/Archaeo/Pots.html
http://masterpieces.asemus.museum/masterpiece/detail.nhn?objectId=12399