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Friday, March 29, 2024


Exhibition Public - USA & Canada

Philippine Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms

Asia Society Museum
725 Park Avenue,
New York, USA
Sep 11, 2015 To Jan 03, 2016


Detail: This exhibition of more than 100 gold objects focuses on the wealth of the golden age of Butuan (pronounced boot’ wan), a polity on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao that rose to commercial prominence in the tenth century and declined in the thirteenth century. Works from ancient polities beyond Butuan, such as those on the islands of the Visayas and Luzon, bear witness to the early use of gold throughout the Philippines. A selection of the most extraordinary objects from a 1981 discovery—now in the collection of the Ayala Museum in Makati City and on view in the United States for the first time—forms the core of “Philippine Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms.” The exhibition also includes a few important loans from public and private collections including the Central Bank of the Philippines. Featuring spectacular gold necklaces, chains, waistbands, bangles, ritual bowls, implements, and ceremonial weapons, the exhibition showcases the rich artistry and material wealth of Butuan and related island polities.

Phone No.: +212-288-6400
Site URL: http://asiasociety.org/new-york/exhibitions/philippine-gold-treasures-forgotten-kingdoms

Kinnari. Surigao
Kinnari. Surigao
Ca. 10th–13th century
H. 4 ¾ x W. 2 15/16 in. (12 x 7.5 cm)
Gold
Ayala Museum, 81.5189. Photography by Neal Oshima; Image courtesy of Ayala Museum

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