Lot 193
IFUGAO PEOPLE, PHILIPPINES, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Carved as a seated male figure with a cavity on top of the head, on a integral plinth base.
42cm high, 13cm widethe
Estimate $2,500 - $3,500
split to side of base, and a large old chip to the back of the base. A fine crack to the figures chest, old encrustations visible, likely to be ritual decoration.
LJ delivery size: Small
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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.
Bonhams, 'Art of the South Seas', New York, 9/02/2014
Bulul, also known as bul-ul or tinagtaggu, are carved wooden figures used to guard the rice crop by the Ifugao peoples (and their sub-tribe Kalanguya) of northern Luzon.
Decorative Arts and Asian Art, Including Tribal Artefacts
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8372
12:00pm - 20 October 2020
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
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