MANUNGGUL JAR - Tribal Art - IFUGAO Sculpture, Philippines tribal Art.
Artistic Reproduction wood: Ironwood
Size approx 16 inch tall - Hand Made by wood.
Hand Made in the Filippines by IFUGAO artist and tribe members
IFUGAO tribe "THE LAST FILIPINO HEAD HUNTERS"
THIS REMARKABLE PIECE COMES FROM THE HEAD HUNTING TRIBE: "IFUGAO" IN THE CORDILLERA MOUNTAINS ON THE ISLAND "LUZON" IN THE PHILIPPINES.
The Manunggul Jar is a secondary burial jar, a container where to reburial human remains after an exhumation. The Original one was excavated from a Neolithic burial site in the Manunggul cave of the Tabon Caves at in Palawan, Philippines. It dates from 890–710 B.C. The two prominent figures at the top handle of its cover represent the journey of the soul to the afterlife. Many epics around the Philippines would tell how souls go to the next life, aboard boats, pass through the rivers and seas. The upper part of the Manunggul jar, is carved with curvilinear scroll designs reminiscent of waves on the sea. The two human figures in the boat. The boatman is holding a steering paddle while the one on his front shows hands crossed on his chest.
