Two gong handles · Philippines - Luzon, Ifugao / Kankanaey · ID: 3051235
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, AustriaDescription
a) handle with two squatting anthropomorphic figures (reminiscent of “bulul” rice deities), wood, h: 12 cm; b) handle with zoomorphic heads (reminiscent of “punamhan” vessels), bronze alloy, h: 3.5 cm
Comparing literature
Moltzau Anderson, Eric, Indigenous Art of the Northern Philippines, Leiden 2010, p. 188