THE AYALA MUSEUM'S

GOLD COLLECTION
FLORINA H. CAPISTRANO-BAKER
1 Necklace with beads shaped like auger shells (suso)
Northeastern Mindanao
Circa 10th–13th century
Length 44 cm, 61.2 grams
Ayala Museum Collection

2 Granulated finials 3 Cord weights

Northeastern Mindanao Butuan, Agusan del Norte
Circa 10th–13th century Circa 10th–13th century
Length 6.89 cm, diameter 2.9 cm, 15.6 grams 4.1 x 2.99 cm, 73.7 grams
Length 6.41 cm, diameter 3.29 cm, 16.3 grams 4.15 x 2.91 cm, 73.8 grams
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4 Large gold bowl
Surigao Treasure, Surigao del Sur
Circa 10th–13th century
15.3 x 9 cm, 303.5 grams
Ayala Museum Collection

5 Container and cover with aquatic imagery

Surigao Treasure, Surigao del Sur
Circa 10th–13th century
9.93 x 8.185 cm, 43.8 grams (cover)
9.17 x 4.7 cm, 136.7 grams (container)
Ayala Museum Collection

6 Large openwork vessel with a kilin on one side

and a phoenix on the other side
Surigao Treasure, Surigao del Sur
Circa 10th–13th century
8 x 16.4 x 8.4 cm, 363.6 grams
Ayala Museum Collection
7 Funerary diadem
Aras-asan, Surigao del Sur
Circa 10th–13th century
Length 14 cm, width 2 cm
21.9 grams
Ayala Museum Collection
8 Cord weights
Butuan, Agusan del Norte
Circa 10th–13th century
3.81 x 2.91 cm, 72.8 grams
3.92 x 2.95 cm, 72.4 grams
Ayala Museum Collection

9 Leg ornaments
Surigao Treasure, Surigao del Sur
Circa 10th–13th century
11.31 cm average diameter
72.5 grams total weight
Ayala Museum Collection
10 Fourth floor galleries of the Ayala Museum, Makati City.
Exhibition design by Ormsby, Kerrins and Freeman (OKF), Australia
11 Square ornaments 12 Conical sequins
Baybay, Leyte Eastern Visayas
Circa 10th–13th century Circa 10th–13th century
5.4 x 5.3 cm, 6.5 grams 1.4–1.8 cm average diameter
5.45 x 5.28 cm, 7.2 grams 0.4–0.6 grams average weight
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13 Female image with hands raised in the orant position 14 Wheeled icon
Surigao Treasure, Surigao del Sur Butuan, Agusan del Norte
Circa 10th–13th century Circa 10th–13th century
17.2 x 12.9 cm, 71.1 grams Height 26.1 cm, 15.6 grams
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15 Male figure of hammered gold
Attributed to Agusan del Norte
Circa 10th–13th century
8.6 x 4.6 cm, 10.1 grams
Ayala Museum Collection
16 Vessel in the form of a kinnari
Surigao Treasure, Surigao del Sur
Circa 10th–13th century
12.3 x 7.3 cm, 178.7 grams
Ayala Museum Collection
 18 Funerary eye covers
Butuan, Agusan del Norte
Circa 10th–13th century
3.67 x 5.46 cm, 2.80 grams
3.71 x 5.19 cm, 2.69 grams
Ayala Museum Collection

17 Funerary mask
Butuan, Agusan del Norte
Circa 10th–13th century
21.5 x 16.3 cm, 62 grams
Ayala Museum Collection
 19 Large necklace of granulated interlocking beads
Surigao Treasure, Surigao del Sur
Circa 10th–13th century
Length 54.6 cm, 439 grams
Ayala Museum Collection

20
Caste cord with segmented
tubular beads
Surigao Treasure,
Surigao del Sur
Circa 10th–13th century
Length 150 cm, 2.7 x 2.4 cm
cross-section, 3860 grams
Ayala Museum Collection
 21 Waistband with zigzag pattern of segmented
tubular beads and granulated buckles
Surigao Treasure, Surigao del Sur
Circa 10th–13th century
Length 80.4 cm, width 4.6 cm, 483.5 grams
Ayala Museum Collection

22 Wrist wrap of alternating gold filaments

and segmented tubular beads
Surigao Treasure, Surigao del Sur
Circa 10th–13th century
19.8 x 11.47 cm, 204 grams
Ayala Museum Collection
23 Southeast Asia and detail of the Butuan delta. Map by Ige Ramos
24 Belt buckle depicting fowl and aquatic creatures
Northeastern Mindanao
Circa 10th–13th century
4.53 x 4.28 cm, 16.5 grams
Ayala Museum Collection
25 Garuda ornaments
Butuan, Agusan del Norte
Circa 10th–13th century
4.75 x 3.86 cm, 34.8 grams
4.71 x 3.97 cm, 30.5 grams
Ayala Museum Collection
26 Large garuda ornaments
Eastern Visayas
Circa 10th–13th century
5 x 3.8 cm, 24 grams
4.9 x 3.8 cm, 22 grams
Ayala Museum Collection