Necklace from horsehair
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Necklace for female use. Among all Filipino ethnic groups, the use of personal adornment, which is also a symbol of status and social prestige, has been traditional. In the regions where there is a subsistence economy, personal adornments are made mainly with ephemeral materials, while in those areas where there is a more complex organization, more durable materials are used, including jewelry.
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National Anthropology Museum Madrid
Date
1801=1900 (Siglo XIX)
Identifier
CE1749
Origin
Bukidnon
Connection to Philippines
Bukidnon origin
Materials
Black horsehair
Metal
Bead: Glass
Metal
Bead: Glass
Physical Dimensions
Length = 40cm; Width = 13cm
Provenance
The main nucleus of the collections of the Philippines and the Marianas and Carolinas Islands of the National Museum of Anthropology come from the exhibition that was held on these places in Madrid, with the naturalist Domingo Sánchez being responsible for the Commission in Manila. The exhibition opened on June 30, 1887 at the Palacio de la Minería -now the Palacio de Velázquez- and at the Palacio de Cristal in the Retiro Park. Then the objects went to the Overseas Library Museum, created in 1887 to house the objects of the Monographic Exhibition on the Philippines, Marianas and Carolinas and other later special and periodic products from the overseas colonies, and settling in the Palace of the Mining.
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“Necklace from horsehair,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 26, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/29286.
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