Rare antique Bagobo warrior head scarf

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art Pre 1920: item #772454
BGB017

A rare antique Bagobo warrior’s head scarf (called “tangkulu pamudbud”) from the Bagobo people of south central Mindanao, Philippines circa the early 1900s. Made of a square commercial cotton cloth folded to form a triangle, the tangkulu used the tie-dyeing (“plangi”) process with reddish-brown morinda dye to produce the roundish white patterns, characteristic of tangkulu. The edges are embellished with multicolored beads and small cloth pompoms and the vertices decorated with horse-hair and coc... Click for details

Burmese Wooden Puppet Head

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art Pre 1900: item #772366
C6038

Burmese wooden puppet head, used for puppet show.

Age: Burma, circa late 19th Century
Measurement: Height 13.6 C.M. / Width 7.3 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enla... Click for details

Burmese Wooden Puppet Head

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art Pre 1920: item #772365
C6037

Burmese wooden puppet head, used for puppet show.

Age: Burma, circa early 20th Century
Measurement: Height 14 C.M. / Width 19.9 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enla... Click for details

Burmese Wooden Puppet Head

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art Pre 1900: item #770594
C6029

Burmese wooden puppet head wearing headdress, used for puppet show.

Age: Burma, circa late 19th Century
Measurement: Height 18.5 C.M. / Width 7.8 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Ple... Click for details

Shaman's bell

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art Pre 1900: item #759306
1829

Esoteric bell with a bear tooth incisor handle. This piece came from Northern Laos but the bell is of Sino/Tibetan origin and quite old, over 100 years- probably much older. Due to the red synthetic yarn that holds an old Chinese coin as a clapper my best guess is that it was used by the Yao/Mien people for Taoist rituals but it might be Miao/Hmong, who are also a large ethnic group in this region. The bear tooth is also old as it has a fine aged ivory color and patina (unless the bear w... Click for details

Shadow Puppet

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art Pre 1920: item #718736
wk-26

Wibiksana. Shadow puppet from Indonesia, made from Buffalo hide. Early 20th Century

Shadow Puppet

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art Pre 1920: item #718734
wk-23

Semar. Shadow Puppet from Indonesia, made from Buffalo Hide, E 20th Century. Semar--One of the Panakawan, clown-servant to the Pandwa and Kurawa. Appears in nearly all the stories of the mahabharta and ramayana.

Shadow Puppet

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art Pre 1920: item #718732
wk-20

Rama Bergawa. Shadow puppet from Java, Indonesia, made from Buffalo hide, E. 20th Century. Rama Bergawa-the sixth avatar of Vishnu, belongs to the Treta yuga, and is the son of Jamadagni and Renuka. Parashu means axe, hence his name literally means Rama-with-the-axe.

Shadow Puppet

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art Pre 1920: item #718729
wk-19

Rajamala. Shadow Puppet from Java, Indonesia, Made from Buffalo Hide, E. 20th Century. Rajamala--one of the kings in the Mahabharata.

Lao folk Buddha

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art Pre 1920: item #718227
1720

Fine old Laotian Buddha folk image carved from teak with the touching the earth gesture “bhumiparsa. Lao folk or “primitive” Buddhas were made as acts of faith by common people and placed in caves or under trees rather than to adorn a temple. This along with the other recent 5 Buddha folk image listings was sourced in Mae Sai, Thailand, about 6 years ago. Good condition, circa 60 to 80. H: 29cm/11.5in.