Sarangani Province, Mindanao
These jars and pots were discovered in some caves of Mindanao and Palawan dated have been in existence since 5 BC, the Maitum jars could very well have been one of the first creations of the Filipino race. These people could possibly have been of the first wave of immigrants from Africa, moving along the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean passing the Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East, Australia and west towards Melanesia, From there, their people of smaller stock then took small fishing vessels navigating to as far as the South China Seas, and in the Philippines Island
Even though the burial jars are similar to that of the pottery found in Kulaman Plateau, Southern Mindanao and many more excavation sites here in the Philippines, what makes the Maitum jars uniquely different is how the anthropomorphic features depict “specific dead persons whose remains they guard”.So far, there have been four classified kinds of cover and lid: Anthropomorphic motif or head, Trunconical with simple appliqued design, Simple ovaloid with four ear handles, and Trunconical with adz shape and round spinning shape motif.
These jars and pots were discovered in some caves of Mindanao and Palawan dated have been in existence since 5 BC, the Maitum jars could very well have been one of the first creations of the Filipino race. These people could possibly have been of the first wave of immigrants from Africa, moving along the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean passing the Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East, Australia and west towards Melanesia, From there, their people of smaller stock then took small fishing vessels navigating to as far as the South China Seas, and in the Philippines Island
Even though the burial jars are similar to that of the pottery found in Kulaman Plateau, Southern Mindanao and many more excavation sites here in the Philippines, what makes the Maitum jars uniquely different is how the anthropomorphic features depict “specific dead persons whose remains they guard”.So far, there have been four classified kinds of cover and lid: Anthropomorphic motif or head, Trunconical with simple appliqued design, Simple ovaloid with four ear handles, and Trunconical with adz shape and round spinning shape motif.