Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20 Sep 2016
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Five Ifugao / Bontoc tangkil Philippines each with four rattan bound boar's tusks and a carved...
Five Ifugao / Bontoc tangkil
Philippines
each with four rattan bound boar's tusks and a carved wood figure and hair,
11cm the highest. (5)
Provenance
The Luciano Federico Collection.
These armbands were worn by the Bontoc men associated with head-hunting and ornamentally by the Ifugao men.
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