The Arrival of the Malay Datus Item Number: 1262/332 a-c from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Tryptich panels. Three very heavy, deeply carved, dark brown wooden panels; six feet high by four feet wide each. The imagery is carved across the three panels when placed in a row. The assembled panels measure about twelve feet wide.
Called "The Arrival of the Malay Datus (in Panay Island marking the beginning of Malay settlement in the Philippines)." The carving is based on a drawing by Angono's muralist Carlos 'Botong' V. Francisco, a Philippines national artist. The artists, the Fadul brothers, also carved 12 similar panels for the Philippines Pavilion at the New York World's Fair in 1964.