One of the most mentioned forms in Mentrida’s lexicon,  the making of clay pots by 17th c. Visayans had various native terms in use. Spelt COLON  in the lexicon, the term is correlated with a synonym of similar use – Hiligaynon word ANGLET. In contemporary use, ANGLET is now called anglit in Ilo-ilo, and refers to a small clay pot with a lid, used to cook rice.

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In this video on terracotta, Babbu Wenceslao, an  instructor  for painting and pottery at the Foundation University’s Art and Architecture Program, looks at  early  written records of  the making  and use of  clay vessels in  the Visayas.

Babbu Wenceslao is an artist and musician from Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines. He was born in Tagbilaran City. His childhood and learning years were spent in the Visayan islands of Bohol, Cebu, Leyte and Negros. He has a degree in Painting from the University of the Philippines Cebu College. He teaches part-time in Foundation University’s Department of Architecture and Fine Arts. In 2019, he did a residency program at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia and shortly after a special installation with Filipino artists Pablo Capati and Mark Valenzuela in the 2019 Australian Ceramic Triennial. In the same year he did a residency program with Boxplot Project and TU Collab in Singapore.