TY  - ADVS
ED  - Ayala Museum Research Team
TI  - Damian Domingo: Aide of the Manila mayor.  1820
KW  - Paintings and drawings
KW  - Manila
KW  - customs oficer
KW  - short jacket
KW  - camelot
KW  - native camisa
KW  - string tie
KW  - trousers
KW  - handkerchief
KW  - sombrero
N1  - Smuggling became a problem when the port of Manila opened up to foreign ships. The Customs House near the harbor of Manila had guards appointed by the mayor whose job it was to intercept smuggled goods.   The guard in this picture wears a short jacket over a native camisa, trousers of English cotton, and a sombrero. He carries a baton and a sword--symbols of authority--in one hand and a a handkerchief in the other (Nick Joaquin, The World of Damian Domingo: Nineteenth Century Manila, 1990, 32); print
UR  - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Midsize/AC/AC00345a.jpg
UR  - http://retrato.com.ph/retratoimages/Thumb/AC/AC00345a.jpg
UR  - http://www.retrato.com.ph/photodtl.asp?id=AC00345
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