VCM

Helmet

Philippines
AD 19th century ~ AD 19th century

Type

Costume and Jewelry

Indumentaria y joyería
Materials

Sea hedgehog and silver

Caparazón de pez erizo y plata
Measurements

Width 17,5 cm Height 15 cm. Length 23 cm.

Width 17,5 cms. Height 15 cms Length 23 cms.
Creator name

Grupo Visaya

Grupo Visaya
Creator date

Unknown
Where it was made

Philippines; Visayas;Isla de Panay.

Isla de Panay. Visayas. Filipinas
Time period

AD 19th century ~ AD 19th century
Creation date

19th Century; ca. 1870

circa 1870
Function

Male apparel

Indumentaria masculina
Acquisition

In 1887, a monographic exhibition about the Philippines took place in Madrid with the objective of showing the natural products of those islands, as well as its industry and crafts. It was thought that this would help support trade between those remote lands and the metropolis. Then, an important collection of products and objects belonging to the various groups who inhabited the islands were sent to Madrid. This represented their different economic activities, apparel, ornaments, domestic housewares, musical instruments, ritual objects, weapons, etc. When this exhibition was closed, the Library Museum of High Seas (Museo Biblioteca de Ultramar) was created with all of the collections, both objects and bibliographies. In 1908, this museum was closed and the majority of its collections were passed on to become part of the National Museum of Anthropology.

En el año 1887 tuvo lugar en Madrid una exposición monográfica sobre las Filipinas, en la que se pretendió mostrar los productos naturales de aquellas islas, así como sus industrias y artesanías, pues con ello se creía favorecer el comercio de aquellas lejanas tierras con la metrópoli. Se trajo entonces una colección importante de productos y objetos que pertenecían a los diversos grupos que poblaban las islas, y que representaban sus diferentes actividades económicas, indumentaria, adornos, ajuar doméstico, instrumentos musicales, objetos rituales, armas, etc. Cuando se clausura esta exposición se creó con todas las colecciones, tanto de objetos como bibliográficas, el Museo Biblioteca de Ultramar. En 1908 se cierra este Museo y la mayoría de sus colecciones pasan a formar parta del actla Museo Nacional de Antropología.

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