#28 • 20th Century Filipino Boar Tusk Staff with a Carved Figure

Part of Professor’s Collection Part One: Pacific & Pre-Columbian Artifacts (live auction by Blue Box Auction Gallery)

High bid $55.00

Status: Sold

Estimated Value: $100-350 Origin: Philippines  Dimensions: 63.5x4.5x1.25 in.  Condition: Light scratches along the top and edges Additional Information: A 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. It has a slender sharp pointed staff and iron spike to base, the shaft features a rattan woven wrapping and red pigment below upturned boar tusks and a tall carved female figure. The wood has a dark black tint or coloring.  Collected by a teacher in the Philippines (late 1970’s) who resided at Clark Air Base for over fifteen years.