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IMAGES OF FAITH: RELIGIOUS IVORY CARVINGS FROM THE PHILIPPINES By Regalado Trota Jose ISBN: 1877921033,
1990, softcover,
142 pages, $24.95
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IMAGES OF FAITH: RELIGIOUS IVORY
CARVINGS FROM THE PHILIPPINES by Regalado Trota Jose
(santos, art, catholic, sculpture, Philippine, Filipino, Pilipino)
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This is a new, softcover catalogue from Pacific Asia Museum prepared for an exhibit of the same name. The exhibit included religious carving of ivory from the Philippines, which developed from the cultures of Goa, India, China, Spain, Portugal, and Mexico. Pages 1-54 is a comprehensive essay on ivory and the development and history of religious ivory carving. The rest of the book is filled with full color and black and white illustrations of religious ivory carvings - the "santos." This is a coveted book by the serious Filipiniana collector.
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