Container "kopit", around 1900 · Philippines - Ifugao · ID: 3040850
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Maria Closa, Manila, Philippines (mid 1980’s)French Collection
Size
H: 15,5 cm
B: 23,5 cm
H: 6.1 inch
B: 9.3 inch
Description
wood, matt brown patina, bipartite, narrow oval receptacle with flaring rims, sickle-shaped curved lid, carved eyelets for closing the container with cord material, slightly dam., abrasion of paint;
used as a pillow at night.
The object Container “kopit”, around 1900 with the object ID 3040850 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 5 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.
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Comparing literature
Anderson, Eric Moltzau, In the shape of tradition, Leiden 2010, p. 142