Will I love Philippine Ancestral Gold?

Thanks to the brutal robbery of ancient tombs across the Philippines during the colonial era, vast quantities of their ancestral goldwork was torn from graves to be melted down and shipped to Spain, as indigenous art traditions and skills were stamped out and the descendants of these highly skilled people forced into poverty. This wonderful book, featuring pieces currently on display at the Ayala Museum in Manila, focuses on some scattered surviving remnants of this once-vibrant artistic tradition, mostly obtained from tombs on the southern island of Mindanao. A fascinating fusion of Indian, Southeast Asian, and Chinese techniques and artistic… show more.