Group: Two backpacks, two receptacles and a "kris" ·  Philippines · ID: 3036214

Description

a) backpack with lid, Ifugao, stiff rattan basketry, wooden frame at the base, plaited shoulder straps, h: 42 cm, b: 28,5 cm; hunter’s backpack “bango” for long distance travel by foot on mountain trails, Ifugao, plaited rattan, the backside coated with two dense layers of plant fibres (made the backpack water resistant and kept contents dry), h: 64 cm, b: 37 cm; c) powder horn, wood, dark brown patina, metal nozzle, two eyelets for support, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks; d) “kris”, short and curved wooden handle, Damascene blade, in wooden hilt, with clamp for attachment, l: 25,5 cm (blade); additional: e) rice-beer beaker, bamboo, Naga/India, rattan handle and binding, h: 32,5 cm, d: 9,5 cm, cracks, minor missing parts

The object Group: Two backpacks, two receptacles and a “kris” with the object ID 3036214 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 1 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.

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Comparing literature

Musée du Quai Branly (ed.), Philippines, Paris 2013, ill. 209