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              1 set of 2 small earrings

Tribal amulets/charm of Ifugao symbols

        of health, fertility and luck - 

 Ling-ling-o  or dinumog traditionally worn by the  Ifugao Igorot people

 of the Cordillera are a symbol of fertility and prosperity . Ifugao artisans make them.

The Ifugao string them at the top and wear them as pendants.

 Gold ones are very valuable. Their neighbors, the Bontoc, the Kalinga and the Gad-dang also wear them, but most often as earrings.

In recent years, the lingling-o as a pendant has become a proud symbol worn by the youth these mountain-dwelling people.

The shape of the lingling-o is very old. It was originally made from nephrite jade and later in glass

by the Sa Huynh people of what is now southern Vietnam.

They wore it as an earring. These people were great mariners, and traded all around

the South China Sea hundreds of years before the Common (Christian) era.

One object they took with them was this piece of jewelry. Archaeologists have found them

 from Thailand to the Philippines and Hong Kong

 to Java. Local copies in solid metal,

wire and clay were also made.

The shape was adopted on the Indonesian island

 of Sumba, where fancy gold mamuli remain an important part of the local culture,

though no longer being made

The earrings are   1/3"(w)  x  7/16" (1  x  1.1  cm)   made of solid brass

 They will be mailed from Philippines by  airmail within 2 business days of cleared payment.

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