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FILIPINNO IFUGAO SOUTHEAST ASIAN HUMAN TROPHY SKULL Philippines CEREMONIAL RITUAL DRINKING VESSEL Laos, Burma, Nepal, Borneo, Asmat, Ifugao, Dayak

Ifugao Bulul (Philippines - Northen Luzón Island, 15th century)

STATUE, XIXE SIÈCLE OU ANTÉRIEUR, IFUGAO, NORD DE L'ÎLE DE LUZON, PHILIPPINES IFUGAO FIGURE, NORTHERN LUZON ISLAND, PHILIPPINES

Human Trophy Skulls Head Hunting and Ancestor Human Trophy Skull, Indonesia, Philippines, Naga, Asmat, Ifugao, Dayak, Human Trophy Skulls

The Bontoc and Ifugao peoples of northern Luzon wore armbands such as this example constructed from two wild pig (sus philippensis) tusks, held together with rattan, and mounted by a carved wooden figure of a seated man topped with what is probably human hair. They were worn on a warrior’s forearm and were associated with … Read more

Spoon, side view

The Bontoc and Ifugao peoples of northern Luzon wore armbands such as this example constructed from two pairs of wild pig (sus philippensis) tusks, held together with rattan, and mounted by a carved wooden figure of a seated man topped with what is probably human hair. They were worn on a warrior’s forearm and were … Read more

The Bontoc and Ifugao peoples of northern Luzon wore armbands such as this example constructed from two pairs of wild pig (sus philippensis) tusks, held together with rattan, and mounted by a carved wooden figure of a seated man topped with what is probably human hair. They were worn on a warrior’s forearm and were … Read more

Spoon, back

This fine example of a gadur (also written as gador) brass jar is of cast brass inlaid with silver. It has a bulbous, rounded base that rises out from a low ring foot and rises to a thinner neck. It has a domed lid with a long, spire-like finial. There are handles on either side. … Read more

Human Trophy Skulls Head Hunting and Ancestor Human Trophy Skull, Indonesia, Philippines, Naga, Asmat, Ifugao, Dayak, Human Trophy Skulls

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This linglingo pendant from the Bontoc people of northern Luzon island in the Philippines is of cast brass. It has a relatively uncommon form probably based on an abstract representation of the female reproductive organs with two zoomorphic-like ‘heads’ emerge from the top. The pendant might also have been used as an ear ornament. A … Read more

The Bulul is used in a ceremony for the benefit of the production of rice and healing. A new Bulul is “loaded” by a shaman during a ritual in which the spirit from an ancestor takes place in the statuette, where from it gets the power. The Bulul is handled with care and respect, in order to appease the spirit of the