Title
Key holder (llavero)
Year/Period
Late 19th - early 20th century
Region
Philippines
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 2.5 x 4.5 x 8.3 cm
Accession No.
2020-00658
Collection of
Credit Line
Montilla Family of Pulupandan, Negros Occidental
Key holders were fashionable amongst the wealthy and examples made of silver recall the prosperous galleon trade between Mexico and Manila, which made available abundant supplies of silver in the Philippines. This key holder reportedly belonged to the donor’s great-grandmother, Lina Ortaliz Montilla (1868-1939).
