Louvre Abu Dhabi by Sarah Time Vlog TV

Abu Dhabi officials led by Ambassador to the UAE Hjayceelyn M. Quintana and community members at the Grand Vestibule of Louvre Abu Dhabi where a 10th-century gold funerary mask is exhibited.
Part of the permanent gold exhibition of the 1967-established Filipino ethnographic and archeological Ayala Museum in Makati City, Metro Manila, the cup was unearthed from the town of present-day Nabua in Camarines Sur Province of the Bicol Region in Southern Luzon Island.
The funerary mask was dug from the present-day Masao, a village in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte Province in Northern Mindanao Island.
First time in this part of the world, these were among the collection of 100 relics at the four-month “Philippine Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms” held at the Asia Society and Museum in New York City until January 3, 2016, one of the movers of which was New York-based Ayala Foundation Inc.-International Operations/Consulting curator/Project consultant Florentina “Nina” Capistrano-Baker, former Ayala Museum director whose father, Pablo Capistrano was the Philippines’ Bureau of Mines-Geology Department head who surveyed the Philippine regions with rich gold deposits.
The mask is on display alongside those excavated in Peru and in Lebanon or Syria at the Grand Vestibule, the major gallery at the Louvre Abu Dhabi. The cup is at the Wing 2 which recounts world religions and timelines Asian trade routes. It sits along daily meal vessels from the ninth century Tang or Liao Dynasty and 12th century Yuan Dynasty of China and Inner Mongolia.
Prior to the tour, Philippine Ambassador to the UAE Hjayceelyn M. Quintana, expressed her gratefulness to the UAE leadership, Culture and Youth Minister Noura Bint Mohammed Al Kaabi and to the Louvre Abu Dhabi team, pointing out that having ancient Philippine treasures be considered at the museum bespeaks of a rich contribution to humanity.