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Ramon Nazareth Villegas (September 22, 1953 – August 6, 2017) more popularly known as Mon Villegas or Boy Villegas, was a Filipino curator, art historian, jeweler, author, antiquities dealer, and poet.
Gilbert Đinh Văn Thân, more commonly known as Đinh Văn Thân, is a ni-Vanuatu businessperson and former politician. [1] Ron Crocombe described him in 2007 as "perhaps the wealthiest entrepreneur and largest private employer in Vanuatu, and many say the most politically influential [...] citizen". [2] Thân is a naturalised citizen of ...
Agimat, also known as anting or folklorized as anting-anting, is a Filipino word for "amulet" or "charm". [1] Anting-anting is also a Filipino system of magic and sorcery with special use of the above-mentioned talismans, amulets, and charms.
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The "Malacañang collection" refers to a group of jewels which were discovered in Malacañang Palace after the Marcoses fled the Philippines. The "Roumeliotes collection" refers to a group of jewels which were confiscated from Demetriou Roumeliotes, said to have been a close associate of Imelda Marcos, after he was caught trying to smuggle them ...
Gold mined from the Cordillera Mountain Range were brought down to the coast through the Aringay-Tonglo-Balatok gold trail, [6] [8] making commercial trade centers out of Aringay and the neighboring settlement of Agoo, [6] whose coast at the time was shaped in such a way that it was a good harbor for foreign vessels coming into Lingayen Gulf.
The Philippines has Buddhist artifacts [51] [52] with Vajrayāna influence, [53] [54] [better source needed] [55] most of which date to the ninth century and reflect the iconography of the Śrīvijayan empire.
Earthenware vessels in the Philippines were formed by two main techniques: paddle and anvil, and coiling and scraping. [2] Although a level of highly skilled craftsmanship is present in the Philippines, no evidence of kilns are found, primarily because the type of clay to be found in the archipelago can only withstand relatively low temperatures of firing.