Title
Key holder (llavero)
Year/Period
Late 19th - early 20th century
Region
Philippines
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 2.5 x 4.8 x 9.0 cm
Accession No.
2020-00655
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Montilla Family of Pulupandan, Negros Occidental
Objects influenced by European taste is reflected in this key holder which contains its owner’s initials “LM” after her name, Lina Montilla. 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).
