Bowl "kinahu", around 1900
Philippines - Ifugao
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
Maria Closa, Manila, Philippines (mid 1980’s)French Collection
Size
L: 32 cm
L: 12.6 inch
Description
wood, rich black patina, in shape of a quadruped with elongated head, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks, rep. (breakage at the rim);
bowls of zoomorphic shape are called “kinahu” - meaning “in the shape of a beast”. It is not clearly proven that “kinahu” were used for ceremonial purposes. Most of them served as meat containers or for storing pure salt.