Figure (Bul-ul)
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Inventory number SA 35782 a + b
A pair of bul-ul wooden figures, consisting of a man and a woman, seated on a carved base. During the rice harvest, they were placed opposite the harvested bundles of rice and represent a couple watching over the harvest. Possible traces of a blood patina. During the performance of rice rituals, the priest (Mumbaki) sometimes touched the Bul-ul figures with his hands, which he had previously dipped in the blood of a sacrificed pig. They are usually placed next to the doors of rice granaries along with wooden pigs. Text: Prof. Leah E. Abayao, Cordillera Studies Center, UP Baguio.
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SA-35782-a+b_404201B1439D529E5C032BBC8C2F39BD
Origin
Ifugao (Central); Luzon; Malay Archipelago
Materials
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Wood; carved
Wood; carved
Physical Dimensions
Width: 14cm Height: 42 cm Depth: 15.7cm
Provenance
The collector, Christian Roll, was a German journalist. He reported from the previous war zones of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, the Philippines and many other places in Asia. His autobiography "Street of Happiness" describes him as adventurer who had no worries, even from the most famous places to report. But she also saw him as a drinker and a woman, whom many "friends" had and often traveled in the Red Light. Based on his lifestyle, he always spent money, which he bought in Asian markets through the purchase of antiques, which he then sold to German collectors. Over time, science has developed and only a few articles have appeared in international collective magazines. Dr. Friedrich Kußmaul, Curator for Asia (1955-1971) and former Director of the Linden Museums (1971-1986), was a regular customer of rolls and bought several hundred objects from him. Rolls correspondence with Kußmaul has since closed, that the objects from the Cordillerans in the 1970s on Philippine markets and from traders. He traveled there with William Beyer, the son of American ethnologist Henry Otley Beyer, a specialist in the indigenous culture of the Cordillerans. As a result of the intensified campaigns of the evangelical mission in the Cordillera, at that time many old ritual objects were either sold or sold for a small amount of money in the market, so that their urgent estates were soon to be judged. Text: Georg Noack.
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Roll; 2958
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Roll; 2958
Acquisition Date
1980
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Translated from German by Google Translate. Record accessed November 2021.
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“Figure (Bul-ul),” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 18, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/15351.
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