Figure féminine avec coupe "duyu" · Philippines - Luzon, Ifugao · ID: 3051104
Vendu
1 100 €
Provenance
Eduardo Masferré (1909-1995), Philippines
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
Masfereé was a Filipino-Catalan photographer who made important documentary reports about the lifestyle of native people in the region of the Cordillera in the Philippines at the middle of 20th century. He is regarded as the Father of Philippine photography.
Description
wood, on a carved base
This decorative figurine was probably made as an offering for a dead person.
Littérature comparée
Moltzau-Anderson, Eric, In the Shape of Tradition, Leiden 2010, p. 133, ill. 166 ff.