Bird sculpture "pun-pule" · Philippines - Ifugao · ID: 3047954
sold
EUR 550
Provenance
Tadashi Morita, Tokyo, JapanSize
H: 18 cm
H: 7.1 inch
Description
wood,
This bird figurine was probably once part of the contents of a “panggamngan” ritual container in which various magically significant objects were kept.
The object Bird sculpture “pun-pule” with the object ID 3047954 was part of the auction 96th Auction on April 24, 2021. The object with the lot number 17 achieved a sales price of EUR 550 with an asking price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Moltzau-Anderson, Eric, In the shape of tradition, Leiden 2010, p. 169, ill. 252