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All auctions / Ethnographic / HEADHUNTER'S HEADDRESS - Lot 6
HEADHUNTER'S HEADDRESS Philippines, northern Luzon Island, Ilongot tribe 19th century Wood, rattan, copper, brass, scarlet hornbill, mother-of-pearl, red cord H 69 cm – W 25 cm Provenance: - Acquired at the Turin flea market around 1985 - Marisa Bonisoli Collection, Turin This headdress, known as a panglao, was worn exclusively by Ilongot warriors who had severed at least two enemy heads. It consists of the skull and beak of a large hornbill mounted on a superstructure projecting above the wearer’s face. The wooden and rattan structure is adorned with a multitude of small brass wire pegs and finely chiseled sections of seashell. Reference: “Form and Splendor: Personal Adornment of the Northern Luzon Ethnic Groups, Philippines.” Roberto Maramba, Makati City: Bookmark, 1998, p. 168. See the example formerly in the collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva, now in the collection of the Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac under No. 70.2001.27.804.
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