page_title: Tapayan
section_title: Jar burial
hierarchical_section_title: Tapayan / Jar burial
caption_attribution_description: English: Manunggul Jar. This elaborate burial jar is topped with two figures. The front figure is the deceased man. The rear figure is holding a steering paddle directing the boat and soul of the man to the afterlife. There is the possibility the figures depicted are not Homo Sapiens and may be Homo floresiensis. There are several copies of this jar in the Philiippines. It can be viewed at the Tabon Cave Museum in Quezon, Palawan, the Palawan Cultural Center in Puerto Princesa, and National Museum in Manila.Tagalog: Itong detalyadong garapon na gamit panglibing ay may dalawang pigura. Ang harap na pigura ay isang pumanaw na lalaki. Ang likuran na pigura ay nagsasagwan ng bangka patungo sa kabilang buhay.
context_page_description: Tapayan or tempayan are large wide-mouthed earthenware or stoneware jars found in various Austronesian cultures in island Southeast Asia. Their various functions include fermenting rice, fermenting vinegar or alcoholic beverages, storing food and water, cooking, and burial of the deceased.
  The term tapayan also include the imported martaban stoneware, originally from kilns in Southern China and Indochina. These were used primarily as storage jars for foodstuffs and valuable trade goods during ship voyages, but were highly valued as trade goods themselves. They became heirlooms and symbols of wealth and status among various indigenous cultures in the islands of Southeast Asia.
context_section_description: Tapayan as well as other more specialized urns, are also used as funerary jars in ancient Austronesian cultures. They are used to store the skeletal remains of deceased people. The oldest example of which is the ornate Manunggul Jar, dated 890-710 BCE, from the Tabon Caves of Palawan, Philippines.
caption: The Manunggul Jar, a burial tapayan from Palawan dated to 890-710 BCE
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