a very special funeral jar,cotabato aera ,5th century ,limestone in a square shape.
In the mindanao museum folder they say that the square shapes are anterior from the round shapes
this jar is specially touching,with the figure on the lid looking as if he wanted to go out .It is the only square shape i found
a nice old pestle from the mortars shoed on this site.used to pile the abaca fiber to make ikat textile
made of vitex parviflora(molave)a denbse sort of teack wood 109cm
a philippino pestle from the mortars showed in the same site .in vitex parviflora (molave)dense sort of teack wood
used to pile the abaca fiber to make ikat textiles
good signs of use 107cm
an old philippino mortar in "vitex parviflora"a dense sort of teack wood called in philippines "molave"these mortars are used to pile for weeks the abaca fibers to make ikat .good patina
an old philippino mortar in vitex parviflora (molawe indigeneous name )a sort of very dense teack wood they use it to for boat "safran"these mortars are use to pile for weeks the abaca fibers in order to make ikats this mortar has good signs of use with a beautiful patina
secondary burial jar ,cotabato aera ,mindanao province 86cm.Several burial caves were found in the southwesten portion of cotabato province.These caves had a large number of urns and lids carves from limestone the average size was about 60cm which would be too small for primary burial .the lids were various :some of gable form ressembling the roof of houses.some conical forms extended to vertical elements often carved into human heador the upper part of a human figure .Conclusions have been made ...click for details
secondary burial jar ,cotabato aera ,mindanao province 92cm.Several burial caves were found in the southwesten portion of cotabato province.These caves had a large number of urns and lids carves from limestone the average size was about 60cm which would be too small for primary burial .the lids were various :some of gable form ressembling the roof of houses.some conical forms extended to vertical elements often carved into human heador the upper part of a human figure .Conclusions have been made ...click for details
a rare 19th century kankanay ancestor figure
these kankanay tribes make generally rougher pieces with no patina,63cm
this is a nice old example
ex Maria Closa collection
a beautiful pair of bululs:rice granary guardians ,beautiful sacrificial crust:of palmleaf wine,blood,etc....hengyon village ,Luzon,,philippines
ex terry baylosis coll.
ex Maria Closa coll.
