Zemanek-Münster

Female figure with "duyu" bowl

Philippines - Luzon, Ifugao
sold EUR 1,100
Provenance

Eduardo Masferré (1909-1995), Philippines
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria

Masfereé was a Filipino-Catalan photographer who made important documentary reports about the lifestyle of native people in the region of the Cordillera in the Philippines at the middle of 20th century. He is regarded as the Father of Philippine photography.

Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch

Description

wood, on a carved base

This decorative figurine was probably made as an offering for a dead person.


Comparing literature

Moltzau-Anderson, Eric, In the Shape of Tradition, Leiden 2010, p. 133, ill. 166 ff.

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