Ifuago peoples, Northern Luzon, Philippines
Wood, shell, beads, and metal
Height: 17.7”
Provenance: Collected in situ in the 1950's by the owner of the Metamora Museum of Oddities, Metamora, Indiana and on display for approximately 70 Years. Fine untouched patina.
Highly stylized representations of ancestors, these figures are thought to gain power and wealth from the presence of the ancestral spirit.
Ifuago peoples, Northern Luzon, Philippines
Wood, shell, beads, and metal
Height: 17.7”
Provenance: Collected in situ in the 1950's by the owner of the Metamora Museum of Oddities, Metamora, Indiana and on display for approximately 70 Years. Fine untouched patina.
Highly stylized representations of ancestors, these figures are thought to gain power and wealth from the presence of the ancestral spirit.
