This instructive collection of essays is a proposition on “the Philippine figurine,” imagined as a means to rethink the concepts of art, image, and ornament and their implications across history and place. Each of the seven essays is a close reading of a particular form, ranging from the annual procession of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila, to the work of the 19th-century painter Juan Luna, to the photograph of former First Lady Imelda Marcos. Written by leading curator and historian of Southeast Asian art Patrick Flores, the book is enlivening reading for those with an interest in art theory and the postcolonial condition of all forms sensible.