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Rice god «bulul»
Ifugao, Philippinen

wood, dull greyish brown patina, rising from a massive, indented base, short and strong legs supporting a flattened trapezoid upper part of the body merging into extremely broad shoulders, flanked by free carved long arms, crowned by an oval head with tribe-typical facial features, hole on top of the head, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, slight signs of abrasion
H: 38 cm, ~ 1900 (5024/001)

Provenance:
Rudolf Kratochwill, Graz, Austria

Lit.:
Newton, Douglas (ed.), Arts of the South Seas, The Collection of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, München, London, New York 1999, p. 156

Rice god «bulul»
Ifugao, Philippinen

wood, dull greyish brown patina, rising from a massive, indented base, short and strong legs supporting a flattened trapezoid upper part of the body merging into extremely broad shoulders, flanked by free carved long arms, crowned by an oval head with tribe-typical facial features, hole on top of the head, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, slight signs of abrasion
H: 38 cm, ~ 1900 (5024/001)

Provenance:
Rudolf Kratochwill, Graz, Austria

Lit.:
Newton, Douglas (ed.), Arts of the South Seas, The Collection of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, München, London, New York 1999, p. 156