Figure

16008A

From: Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 16008A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Igorot
Provenience Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Cotton | Metal
Iconography Woman
Description

Wood figure (male) standing on square wood base. Dark blue woven cotton loincloth with narrow red and yellow stripes wound around hips and tied in back. Right hand upraised, with round hole (to hold spear?); left arm also upraised, with squared-off end, square hole with peg (to hold shield?). Wire earrings, with spiral dics, hanging from holes in ear lobes. Double toothed line carved across top of forehead; single toothed lines from shoulders to breast. Purchased by Stewart Culin at the Columbian Historical Exposition in1892 in Madrid.

Height 44.5 cm
Width 17 cm
Depth 8 cm
Credit Line Deposited by C. Howard Colket, 1893

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