Bowl "kinahu", around 1900 - Philippines - Ifugao
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wood, rich black patina, in shape of a quadruped with elongated head, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks, rep. (breakage at the rim);
bowls of zoomorphic shape are called "kinahu" - meaning "in the shape of a beast". It is not clearly proven that "kinahu" were used for ceremonial purposes. Most of them served as meat containers or for storing pure salt.
L: 32 cm, L: 12,6 inch
Provenance:
Maria Closa, Manila, Philippines (mid 1980's)
French Collection
Lit.: Anderson, Eric Moltzau, In the shape of tradition, Leiden 2010, p. 175 f.
Continent: Asia
bowls of zoomorphic shape are called "kinahu" - meaning "in the shape of a beast". It is not clearly proven that "kinahu" were used for ceremonial purposes. Most of them served as meat containers or for storing pure salt.
L: 32 cm, L: 12,6 inch
Provenance:
Maria Closa, Manila, Philippines (mid 1980's)
French Collection
Lit.: Anderson, Eric Moltzau, In the shape of tradition, Leiden 2010, p. 175 f.
Continent: Asia
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Bowl "kinahu", around 1900 - Philippines - Ifugao
Estimate €450 - €900
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