Bijou de bras "tangkil" ·  Philippines - nord de Luzon, Igorot, Kankanaey · ID: 3051232

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.

Littérature comparée

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