Necklace with pendant
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Goldwork has a long pre-Hispanic history in the Philippines, where the practice of wearing an abundance of gold ornaments greatly impressed the first Europeans who arrived on the islands. During the colonial period in Manila, immigrant craftsmen from southern China made most gold jewelry. This type of necklace, called a tamborin, is a traditional form of secular adornment that evolved from rosaries and reliquary pendants introduced by missionaries. Flat cookie-shaped beads, known as alfajores, alternate with lobed filigree beads to form the chain, which terminates in a rosette-encircled pendant, or relicario, with glass-encased gold flowers.
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