Lantakas and Bells, Museum of the Filipino People: Manila

This exhibition commemorates these pioneering studies on lantakas and bells that enrich our understanding of the cultural heritage of the Philippines. This exhibit specifically offers an opportunity to view and examine an exceptional selection of lantakas from the private collection of Miailhe De Burgh and the National Museum collection.  

Lantaka is a small swivel gun or cannon used as one of the weapons of Filipinos before and during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. Lantakas figured prominently in the history of the Philippines. Historic documents indicate that these were typically mounted on trading and raiding vessels plying the Southeast Asian maritime trading routes.