Top handle of a ladle ·  Philippines - Luzon, Kankanay · ID: 3041984

Description

wood, rich reddish brown shiny patina, traces of black paint, in shape of a standing figure with schematized body, prominent square face with a broad slit-like mouth, slightly dam., insect caused missing parts on the backside, base;
the majority of Kankanay spoons and ladles depict either seated or standing human figures, sometimes referred to as ancestor figures or deities.

The object Top handle of a ladle with the object ID 3041984 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 6.

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Comparing literature

Anderson, Eric Moltzau, In the shape of tradition, Leiden 2010, p. 219, ill. 359