"This work was published to coincide with the exhibition 'Philippines, an Archipelago of Exchange'at the musee du quai Branly (Paris), from 9 April to July 2013." -- T.p. verso.

This publication was edited by Constance de Monbrison anf Corazon S. Alvina." -- P. 6.

Myths of the Philippines / Charles Macdonald -- Nature and creative inspiration. Reverberation / Nicole Revel -- Austronesian migration, 3500 BC to 1500 AD / Peter Bellwood -- Rethinking the Philippine Neolithic / Victor J. Paz -- Balanghai : boat out of the past / Jesus T. Peralta -- Circulation and exchanges in the China Sea during the late prehistoric period / Bérénice Bellina -- Archeology and funerary rituals / Eusebio Z. Dizon -- The Philippine Archipelago and trade in the Nanhai (9th-16th century) / Monique Crick -- Isles of gold and realms of exchange / Ramon N. Villegas -- Art in the sultanates of Mindanao and Sulu / Eric S. Casiño -- The role of maritime raiding or warfare, in the economy of the Sulu Zone, 1768-1878 / James Francis Warren -- Markers of the past and the Sama Dilaut of Tawi-Tawi / Purissima Benitez-Johannot -- The cultural and landscape context of the Cordillera dwelling / Augusto F. Villalon -- Mountaineers of the northwestern Luzon uplands : ethnic and linguistic identities, cultural history / Patricia O. Afable -- Būlul form and spirit : the early tradition / Marian Pastor Roces -- The mumbaki / Gaston Damag -- Potency, protection, aggression : magic objects of the Ifugao / Floy Quintos -- Becoming man / Esteban T. Magannon -- Basketry : an enduring constant / Florentino H. Hornedo and Corazon S. Alvina -- Rituals and ceremonies among the Palawan / Charles Macdonald -- Shared landscapes, cloth and meaning in the Mindanao highlands / Cherubim A. Quizon -- The Laura Watson Benedict Bagobo textile collection : ancestral clothing and the agency of things / Judy Freya Sibayan -- Gongs in the Philippines / José S. Buenconsejo.