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Item: #ADR05
Warrior’s Armband/Tangkil
HT of Figure: 9 CMS
Circumference of boar’s tusk band: 13 cms
Boar’s tusk, fiber, wooden figure with encrustation
Early 20th century, Bontoc |
Among the Bontoc, the man with headhunter status is allowed to wear the
Tangkil. This armband is composed of two tusk’s joined together by
basketry weaving, and in finer examples, a small Bulol figure. This particular
piece shows a Bulol figure seated inward, with a very dark and crusty patina.
Price: USD 400.00
