Ritual box with lid "punamhan"
Philippines - Ifugao
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
T. Morita, Japan (coll. in situ,1980s/90s)Size
B: 29 cm/ 49 cm (with handle)
H: 12,5 cm
B: 11.4 inch/ 19.3 inch (with handle)
H: 4.9 inch
Description
wood, encrusted patina, rest.
This type of container was used by Ifugao priests during harvest rituals and was served to store various objects associated with rice fields.
They included, for example, bamboo sticks, each of which represented a pig that had been exchanged to pay for the field.