The Arrival of the Malay Datus

Item number 1262/332 a-c from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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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.

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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.