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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 44, 1700-1736

Note 23 — COMMERCE OF THE PHILIPPINES WITH NUEVA ESPAÑA

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Spanish, trage de golilla. The golilla was “a certain ornament made of pasteboard faced with taffeta or other black fabric, which surrounded the neck, over which was placed a pleating of gauze or other white stuff, which was starched. At present this decoration is used only by the togated officials and others attached to the courts of justice.” (Dominguez.) ↑

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