Kalinga Pinangpanga or Tribal Pendant with Goat Motif

Two long-faced goats curve toward each other, and the whole pendant balances between them.

This pinangpanga or tribal pendant with goat motif is Kalinga, from Baguio, Philippines, and is contemporary, in coin silver. Pinangpanga pendants are traditional ornaments in the northern Philippine highlands, and animal heads are a familiar part of their design. Here a pair of stylized goat heads arch outward at the top, with small round eyes and incised nostrils. Beneath them is a round opening, and the lower body spreads into a shield of silver with a central split and pointed tips. A black cord is wrapped through the center. It is 1.5 inches long and 1.5 high.

A neat pair, in perfect agreement.