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THB19th C. Philippine Ifugao Wood Bulul Female Idol Figure
Lot 118
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
Southeast Asia, Philippines, Luzon Island, Ifugao culture, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a large hand-carved wooden guardian figure known as a bulul with a lovely dark patina. This figure is female, and she stands upon an integral pedestal with a slightly circular and flat top. She has a stylized nude body that is customary with bulul: delineated legs revealing female genitalia, broad shoulders, arms at her sides, and petite breasts. The head is large with a squared face, protruding nose, incised slit mouth, and recessed sockets with relief eyelids and pupils; altogether giving her a very attentive appearance. The large ears have piercings for additional earrings or adornments and her head is rounded and smooth as if bald. Bululs are abstract representations of ancestors that were created to serve as protectors of the rice crops and were placed outside to watch over the fields. Size: 9" L x 8" W x 20" H (22.9 cm x 20.3 cm x 50.8 cm)
Sculptural art in Ifugao is not just decorative, but also crucial to the wellbeing of the community. Traditionally the men carve sculptures like this, and women weave colorful textiles. Bulul, carved from a single piece of wood and representing the human body in a stylized form, are often in male and female pairs, and ritually consecrated with pig or chicken blood, and then placed into rice fields and granaries, where they function as guardians.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2013.1105
This piece has been searched against the Art Loss Register database and has been cleared. The Art Loss Register maintains the world's largest database of stolen art, collectibles, and antiques.
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, acquired from 1995 to 2010
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#168523Loss and large cavity to base behind the feet from old inactive insect activity and weathering from exposure to elements. The perforation goes entirely through base but does not affect the figure's stability. Losses to posterior and surface abrasions to body and head. Losses and abrasions to hands and groin area. Face is intact and very good. Nice patina throughout.Condition
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