via ABS-CBN News, 17 May 2024: The Ayala Museum, in collaboration with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, is showcasing precolonial gold treasures from Surigao in a special exhibition. The exhibit features an array of gold artifacts, including necklaces, chains, and ceremonial items, dating from the 10th to the 13th centuries. These treasures provide a glimpse into the sophisticated precolonial civilizations and their extensive maritime trade networks, revealing the rich cultural heritage of the Philippines before Spanish colonization.
A new exhibit showcasing the once-dispersed precolonial gold treasures from Surigao Del Sur in the Philippines is now open to the public starting this May 17, 2024 at the Ayala Museum in Makati.
Titled “Reuniting the Surigao Treasure,” the new exhibition adds a select 38 goldworks loaned from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to around 1,000 gold items on permanent display at the Ayala Museum.
Source: Precolonial gold treasures from Surigao in Ayala Museum, BSP exhibit | ABS-CBN News
