ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE MUSEUM

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PROVINCE OF
ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE

  SPANISH COLONIZATION

THE FORMAL GOVERNMENT BEGUN IN ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA WHEN THE SPANISH CONQUISTADORES IMPOSED THE 'CORRIGIMIENTO' WHICH WAS LATER ON CHANGED TO 'GOVERNOR MILITAR' IN 1837 SPANISH COLONIZERS OCCUPIED SOME PORTIONS OF NORTH-WESTERN PART OF THE PROVINCE (NOW ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE) THROUGH DAPITAN (NOW DAPITAN CITY IN NORTH) AND SIOCON IN THE SOUTH.

  AMERICAN COLONIZATION

  THE CLOSING OF THE SPANISH RULE IN 1898 MARKED THE BEGINNING OF AMERICAN COLONIZATION. AMERICAN STARTED TO SET FOOT ON ZAMBOANGA SOIL. IN THE EXERCISE OF SOVEREIGN POWER, THE MORO PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA WAS CREATED AS ONE OF THE SIX DISTRICTS IN THE REGION IN 1914. THE AMERICAN CIVIL GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU. LATER ON UNDER THE BUREAU OF NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBE ZAMBOANGA, DUBBED AS A MORO PROVINCE, BECAME ONE OF THE DULY CONSTITUTED PROVINCE OF THE DEPARTMENT WHICH THE TOWN OF ZAMBOANGA. (NOW ZAMBOANGA CITY) WAS THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.

  CREATION OF THE PROVINCE

  ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE WAS CREATED ON JUNE 6, 1952 BY VIRTUE OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 711, WITH DIPOLOG (NOW DIPOLOG CITY) AS THE CAPITAL.

The following items are displayed at the ZN Museum.
 

ITEM: 10 KILO CEREMONIAL ROYAL TEA POT
COLLECTOR: SINDANGAN SB MEMBER ROGELIO CANDIDO

SPONSORED BY THE: ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE FOUNDATION FOR CULTURE AND ARTS
 

Item:            ANTIQUE BASKETS
Origin:            NATIVES OF BUKIDNON

  Description: THESE BASKETS WERE USED TO CONTAIN
'THEIR MAMA' WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF BUYO, TABACCO BETTLENUT AND POWDERED SHELLS (APOG).

Collector: DR. VICENTE DALMAN
Sponsored by the: ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE FOUNDATION FOR CULTURE AND ARTS
 

Item:     BLUE GREEN JAR
Origin:  FROM THE SUBANOS OF SINDANGAN, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE

  Collector: NENITA B. LACAYA
Sponsored by the: ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE FOUNDATION FOR CULTURE AND ARTS
 

BONE sculpture
BY: LOUIE VELASCO
 

BOTTLE COLLECTION
BY
JOHNNY FRANCO
PRIVATE COLLECTOR
 

Item:            BROWN JAR

  Origin: BELIEVED TO ORIGINATE FROM THE MING DYNASTY AND ACQUIRED FROM THE SUBANOS OF SINDANGAN, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE

  Collector: NENITA B. LACAYA
President, ZNFCA
Sponsored by the: ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE FOUNDATION FOR CULTURE AND ARTS

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