The canonocal image of Nuestra Señora del Rosario de la Naval de Manila is undoubtedly an ancient sacred ivory icon that deserves admiration, not unwanted controversy, in this country.
An exhibit at the University of Santo Tomas Museum of Arts and Sciences displays the longest known ivory corpus in the Philippines, the “Crucifixion of Christ,” the same figure included in the October 2012 issue of the National Geographic that exposed the alleged thriving illegal trade in ivory icons in the Philippines.
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