PHP100 = $3.50 (Approx) and to have such a necklace restrung in Australia consistent with the stringing pattern here would easily exceed $100. Most people would choose not pay that in comparison to what else $100 would buy them.It is worth considering what PHP100 would buy in The Philippines. Today it would buy:half a chicken, 5 kebabs, 250 gms of prawns, 1 mud crab, 2 grandies (beer), 2 flasks of rum, 2 ice creams, sari sari meal, half a kilo of rice, a cup coffee & cake, 2 shapou (buns), a worker for a good part of a day, a 10K taxi fare, a ticket to a film show and 10 cokes.
TASRN is looking at ways it might find the makers of ipil seed necklaces in The Philippines in order to find out some of the histories linked to this work. We are working with people with connections and organisations such as World Vision, The Preda Foundation & People's Global Exchange Philippines, Filipinos in Tasmania and Queensland as well as people in the arts community with Filipino connections. We would also like to hear from people who have connections to The Philippines and/or who might have some information about this area of cultural production!
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