TY - BOOK AU - Capistrano-Baker, Florina H. TI - Philippine ancestral gold SN - 9789718551721 AV - NK 7181.A1 .P538 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Makati City PB - Ayala Foundation KW - Goldwork KW - Philippines N2 - This important books provides a great deal of material that is almost unknown generally outside of the Philippines. Scholars working on many other topics will find it invaluable, especially these tracing the various maritime trade networks that operated throughout the greater Indian ocean system. -Emma C. Bunker Asian Art Department Denver Art Museum The author are among the world's most experienced specialists on the subject, and the line of vision from the Philippines and other parts of Island Southeast Asia to the mainland is novel and most inspiring. -Andreas Reinecke Commission for Archeology of Non-European Cultures of the German Archaeological Institute All collections are valuable in different ways. The monetary worth of this one is incalculable. But its deeper value can be essayed only in consideration of its historical and academic significance and the self-knowledge and pride it gives to Filipinos. -Florina H. Capistrano-Baker ...What distinguishes the Philippine goldworking tradition is that it displays a level of sophistication only matched by the kingdoms of Java. -John Guy The Ayala Museum's Gold collection is perhaps the country's greatest tangible cultural asset and can stand comparison with any other ssemblage of gold artifacts in the world. -John Miksit. ER -