Rice deity "bulul" · Philippines - Ifugao · ID: 3034599
Description
wood, dull dark brown patina, earring, traditional loincloth, sacrificial traces, animal hair replaced, slightly dam., minor missing parts (nose), cracks, minor chips at the socle;
the ritual sequence associated with the production of “bulul” images is long, elaborate, and requires considerable expenditure of resources. During activation ceremonies the “bulul” figures are bathed in the blood of a sacrificed pig, and at the conclusion of the ritual the figures are placed in the granary. They are associated with the production of bountiful harvests, capable of miraculously increasing the rice before and after it is stored in the granary. They are usually made in pairs, one male and one female. They are inherited by the first child of the family, along with associated rice fields.
L’objet Rice deity “bulul” avec l’ID d’objet 3034599 a fait partie de l’enchère 72nd tribal art auction en 9 mars 2013 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 1.
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Littérature comparée
Kohnen, Norbert, Igorot, Düsseldorf 1986, p. 81 Casino, Eric S., The people and art of the Philippines, Los Angeles 1981, p. 195 f.