Female figure with "duyu" bowl · Philippines - Luzon, Ifugao · ID: 3051104
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.