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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4292564, member: 8267"]They remind me of bululs, too. More often they are depicted with crossed arms, but head in hands sometimes appears. </p><p><a href="http://www.philippine-bululs.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.philippine-bululs.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.philippine-bululs.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In this case, I think these were made for sale as bookends, using traditional motifs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of other Ifugao carvings that show similar figures:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]345863[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://www.philippine-artifacts.com/ART84.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.philippine-artifacts.com/ART84.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.philippine-artifacts.com/ART84.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]345864[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="http://www.philippine-artifacts.com/ART146.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.philippine-artifacts.com/ART146.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.philippine-artifacts.com/ART146.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4292564, member: 8267"]They remind me of bululs, too. More often they are depicted with crossed arms, but head in hands sometimes appears. [URL]http://www.philippine-bululs.com/[/URL] In this case, I think these were made for sale as bookends, using traditional motifs. Here are a couple of other Ifugao carvings that show similar figures: [ATTACH=full]345863[/ATTACH] [URL]http://www.philippine-artifacts.com/ART84.htm[/URL] [ATTACH=full]345864[/ATTACH] [URL]http://www.philippine-artifacts.com/ART146.htm[/URL][/QUOTE]
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