Funerary Container for Food Offerings

Indo-Pacific Art

On view, 3rd floor, Indo-Pacific Art
Medium

Wood; carved

Dimensions

15 3/8 × 13 3/4 × 10 1/4 in. (39 × 35 × 26 cm)
base: 5/16 × 11 7/16 × 7 7/8 in. (0.8 × 29 × 20 cm)

Credit Line

Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971

Loan number

ILE2012.30.887

Geography

Made in Luzon, Philippines

Culture

Kankanay

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Ex-collection: J. Kerchache, co-founder of the Muse du Quai Branly, Paris, France
Bibliography
  • Constance de Monbrison and Corazon Alvina, Philippines: An Archipelago of Exchange (Paris: Musée du Quai Branly, 2013), fig. 244
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
Additional information

Object/Work type

effigies, figures (representations)

Subject

ancestor worship ancestors

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