A Collection Of Four Ifugao Warrior Bracelets

Bontoc or Ifugao people, Northern Luzon, Phillipines, 19th centuryThe Bontoc and Ifugao peoples of northern Luzon crafted armbands like this one, made from two pairs of wild boar or Philippine pig (Sus philippensis) tusks. These tusks are bound with rattan and topped with a carved wooden figure depicting a standing man.Provenance:- Collection Rinck Hollnberger, Munich (purchased in the 1980s or 1990s)