Container

Inventory number SA 35769
Rattan container with a lid that still contains remains of rice seeds. Some villages in Ifugao store their rice seeds in rattan containers, which allow natural ventilation of the seeds, which allows the desired moisture and quality to be maintained. Selected varieties of rice seeds were kept in bins and stored in the traditional houses like a seed bank system so that one could choose which variety to grow in specific fields depending on the conditions and preferences during the growing season. Over time, the Ifugao have grown different types of rice and observed the properties of these types of rice, as this was very important in traditional rice cultivation. Text: Prof. Dr. Leah E. Abayao, Cordillera Studies Center, UP Baguio.

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Identifier

SA-35769_3928D21545C508A339CFF89A3DFF678E

Origin

Ifugao (East); Luzon; Malay Archipelago

Materials

Rattan,
Technique: braided

Physical Dimensions

Height: 7.5cm Diameter: 7.4 cm

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.

Roll; 2958

Acquisition Date

1980

Display status

not displayed

Official Website

https://sammlung-digital.lindenmuseum.de/de/objekt/behaelter_2409

Collection

Linden Museum Stuttgart

Source

Translated from German by Google Translate. Record accessed November 2021.

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“Container,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 26, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/15365.

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