60 Indigenous farm and household tools and implements. (SVWorld Series)

PUL-OY (Breeze)

San Vicente Ilocos Sur RP to the World Series

60 Indigenous farm and household tools and implements.

Many of these are still used today

Selected items are on display at the Living with Nature Center

San Vicente, Ilocos Sur - Heritage Zone of the North (RA 11645)

  

“When we take away from a man his traditional way of life, his customs, his religion, we had better make certain to replace it with SOMETHING OF VALUE.” ― Robert Ruark, Something of Value

Dr Abe V Rotor

NOTE: This study may be expanded into a thesis in the undergraduate, 

or dissertation in the graduate school.

Wooden Mortar and Pestle

Bayong made of pandan

1. Trowel (barrusot Ilk)
2. Hand palay harvester (rakem)
3. Laying hen’s crib (baki')
4. Farmer’s backpack (kuribot)
5. Boat sled (takuli')



6. Bullock Sled (pasagad) PHOTO
7. Bare bull cart (partigo)
8. Bull cart with sides (kariton)
9. Sledge hammer (maso)
10. Dike (pilapil) bolo (pangtabas)

11. Heavy duty bolo (badang)

12. Everyday bolo (buneng)

13. Dagger (balisong Tag; da'ga Ilk)
14. Iron nail remover (kabra)
15. Crowbar (bareta)

16. Log saw (sarrotso)
17. Ax (wasay)
18. Wide brimmed hat (payabyab)
19. Woven hat (kallugong)
20. Planting pole (tik-tak mechanism)

21. Fish basket (alat')
22. Chewing nut bag (tampipi)
23. Scythe (kumpay)
24. Fishing pole (banni-it)
25. Slingshot (palsi-it)

26. Toy hand cannon (palsu-ot)
27. Blowgun (salbatana)
28. Threshing rope with handle (hawak)
29. Threshing board
30. Woven mat (banig, kamen')

31. Coconut midrib broom (walis tingting)
32. Soft grass broom (walis buybuy)
33. Coco shell cup (ungot)
34. Earthen water pot (calamba, caramba)
35. Earthen pot (for cooking) (palayok, banga)

36. Fish fence (tarit)
37. Fish trap (salakab)
38. Bottom fish trap (kudagdag)
39. Fish net with x-frame (salloy)
40. Throw net (tabukol)

41. Fixed fish trap (bubo)
42. Bird pole trap (taay)
43. Bird loop net (singgapong)
44. Spear (pika) 
45. Dugout trap (palab-og)

46. Bow and arrow (pana)
47. Coconut grater (gadgaran)
48. Lagangan (Diken)
49. Anguyub (blow tube (bamboo)
      used in cooking with firewood  
50. Banni-it (fish hook) ~

ADDENDA

51. Burnay (glazed jar) PHOTO

52. Sangol (bullock, horse hame)

53, Silo (knot to restrain or trap)

54. Patpat (bamboo split for tying)

55. Langdet (chopping board)

56. Walking cane (sarukod)

57. Support pole (tukol)

58. Pulley (allitan)

59. Tempering/tempered steel (paslep)

60. Clog shoes/slippier (bakia or suekos)

Please enrich this list with those indigenous tools and facilities in your area.

Note: Local names used in this article are mainly in Ilocano.  This study may be expanded into a thesis in the undergrad and graduate school.