Rice deity "bulul" ·  Philippines - Ifugao · ID: 3034599

Description

wood, dull dark brown patina, earring, traditional loincloth, sacrificial traces, animal hair replaced, slightly dam., minor missing parts (nose), cracks, minor chips at the socle;
the ritual sequence associated with the production of “bulul” images is long, elaborate, and requires considerable expenditure of resources. During activation ceremonies the “bulul” figures are bathed in the blood of a sacrificed pig, and at the conclusion of the ritual the figures are placed in the granary. They are associated with the production of bountiful harvests, capable of miraculously increasing the rice before and after it is stored in the granary. They are usually made in pairs, one male and one female. They are inherited by the first child of the family, along with associated rice fields.

The object Rice deity “bulul” with the object ID 3034599 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 1.

Here you will find more objects and interesting facts about Asian art.

Comparing literature

Kohnen, Norbert, Igorot, Düsseldorf 1986, p. 81 Casino, Eric S., The people and art of the Philippines, Los Angeles 1981, p. 195 f.