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Clothing and Accessories
Clothing and Accessories
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SEASITE Modules
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Traditional Tiboli Outfit
The Use of Gold
DID YOU KNOW…
...that the use of gold for barter was very
common in the pre-Hispanic period of Philippine history?
.
…that as a universally accepted currency, gold
was used in the form of barter rings and tiny engraved coins called
piloncitos?
.
…that early Filipinos often finalized
transactions involving land through the use of long chains made of gold?
.
…that Arab merchants who reached the
Philippines through India and other Southeast Asian kingdoms brought the
idea of the "yellow money" as a means of exchange?
.
…that as part of this "yellow money," cowry
shells were so rare that the merchants often had facsimiles of them made
from other materials, like the golden cowry shells from Siam? (Siam
was the old name of Thailand).
.
…that Chinese immigrants entering Manila
brought with them porcelain chips which they used for betting?
.
…that these chips could well have been an
antecedent of today's plastic casino chips?
Clothing and Accessories
- accessory - palamuti
- belt - sinturon
- blazer - manipis na jacket
- blouse - blusa
- boots - bota
- bow tie - kurbatang laso
- bracelet - purselas
- brassier - bra
- brooch - brotse
- button - butones
- buttonhole - uhales
- camel hair - camel hair
- cashmere - cashmere
- chalk - tisa
- coat - amerikana
- collar - kuwelyo
- cotton - bulak
- crown - korona
- cuff link - himelo
- to cut - putulin
- to design - magdibuho
- designer - taga-dibuho
- diaper - lampin
- dress - bestido
- earring - hikaw
- fabric - tela
- factory - pabrika
- fashion - moda
- fashionable - sunod sa moda