"Tangkil" armlet

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Description

wild boar tusk, rattan weave, wood,

After going through the manhood ritual and successfully killing a wild boar, young men of the Igorot gained the right to wear a “tangkil”. The figure was only added after attaining warrior status. Hair was often attached to the “tangkil”, which is thought to symbolise the blood of the victim.

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Comparing literature

Moltzau Anderson, Eric, Indigenous Art of the Northern Philippines, Leiden 2010, p. 324 f.

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