Provenance: Banaue, Ifugao Description: From top to bottom 1. Pat-u Banaue, Ifugao Wood L 30. 7 cm MK Collection Like most carvers, the Ifugao use a mallet, called pat-u to strike the chisel when carving. 2. Uchip Banue, Ifugao Iron, wood L 22.6 cm MK Collection Aside from chisels, knives (uchip) are also used by woodcarvers to smoothen the edges of wood carvings. 3. Lukong Banaue, Ifugao Iron, wood L 22.5 cm MK Collection The lukong is a chisel with a crescent-like blade. It comes in six different sizes and is used to produce rounded edges in wood carvings (Ubaldo 2016 119). Woodcarvings. 4. Chipya Banaue, Ifugao Iron, wood L 26 cm MK Collection The rounded edge of the chipya differentiates it from the other chisels used by the Ifugao. The chipya comes in six different sizes (Ubaldo 2016, 116), all of which are used to carve concave items such as bowls. 5. Simpa Kiangan, Ifugao Iron, wood L 16.5 cm MK Collection The simpa is a flat-bladed chisel used by the Ifugao in woodcarving. This simpa would have been one of four chisels that formed the set of tools that an apprentice would use to learn the trade of woodcarving (Ubaldo 2016, 123). 6. Lukong Banaue, Ifugao Iron, wood L 22.5 cm MK Collection 7. Pat-u Banaue, Ifugao Wood L 12 cm MK Collection 8. Korikor Banaue, Ifugao Iron, wood L 16.5 cm MK Collection The korikor features a thin pointed edge, like an ice pick. It is used to reach the narrow points of the wood being carved. It is also used in basket weaving where it serves as a pick for inserting strips of rattan into the core of the basket.

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