Lot #87 - A Fine Old Kankaney Coffin Lock, Northern Phillipines
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Auction House:Theodore Bruce
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Sale Name:The Todd Barlin Collection
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Sale Date:17 Aug 2015 ~ 6pm
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Lot #:87
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Lot Description:A Fine Old Kankaney Coffin Lock, Northern Phillipines
The Kankaney are an ethnic division of the Igorots, an indigenous people of the Cordillera region, in the Phillipine Island of Luzan. This figure would have to fit into a square hole on a coffin to guard and protect the deceased.
68cm -
Provenance:Ex. Rudolf Kratochwill Collection, Austria.
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Estimate:A$400 - 600
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Realised Price:
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Category:Tribal
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