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Filipino Boar Tusk staff w/figural carved wood final, Ifugao 20th c.

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Start price: $100

Estimated price: $250 - $350

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Southeast Asia, Philippines, Luzon, Ifugao 20th c. Filipino Boar Tusk w/Bulul or female figure Carved wood staff, used as rice crop guardians or deity with a slender sharp pointed staff and iron spike to base, the shaft features a rattan wrapping and red pigment below upturned boar tusk and a tall carved female figure. Size 64" H

Collected by a teacher in the Philippines (late 1970’s) who resided at Clark Air Base for over fifteen years.

Condition: As-is condition with wear commensurate with age. Remnants of black pigment throughout