Lot #9026 - A Finely Carved Sitting Bulul Figure, Ifugao People, Luzon Island Philippines
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Auction House:Theodore Bruce
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Sale Name:Timed Online Auction | The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic and Asian Art | Day I
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Sale Date:08 Aug 2022 ~ 6pm (AEST)
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Lot #:9026
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Lot Description:A Finely Carved Sitting Bulul Figure, Ifugao People, Luzon Island Philippines
such figures were carved by the Ifugao as protective figures to be installed in their rice fields and rice granaries to protect the rice crop and harvest from evil spirits. The figures are highly stylised representations of ancestor-associated rice gods, and were believed to attract the presence and thus power of ancestral rice god spirits.
H 56 cm W 18 cm -
Provenance:Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic Art
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Estimate:A$500 - 700
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Realised Price:
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Category:Oriental
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