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MANDAYAS

The Mandaya, which means "the first people upstream", is a Philippine ethnic group living along the mountain ranges of Davao Oriental in Mindanao. The Mandaya's main economic activity is kaingin or slash and burn farming.
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These breast plates hammered by the Mandayas in Davao are made of silver. Its external surface has incised design of stylized sun enclosed in five bands, two in alternating sets of opposite faced arrowheads, one band without design, one band consisting of two rows of dots and one band consisting of pairs of semi-triangles in alternating direction. Its center has diamond shape hole and a small circular hole beside it.

These plates makes an elegant accent piece on your table and a prized item for your collection.


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