Bowl (Duyu)
ClassificationsFurnishings-Serviceware-bowls
Culture
Ifugao
Date20th Century
Made AtPhilippines, Asia
MediumWood
Dimensions4 1/2 × 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in., 73.6 oz. (11.4 × 34.9 × 34.9 cm, 2.087 kg.)
Credit LineBowers Museum Purchase provided by the Trude Jordan Fund and the Pick-Laudati Fund
Object number2001.35.10
DescriptionThis twelve-pointed wooden bowl comes from the Ifugao people of the Philippines' Luzon Island. Carved from a single piece of wood, it would have been used to serve food and rice wine during ceremonies or rituals. The notches would be used as a mouthpiece for those drinking the rice wine. A smaller bowl was used to hold herbs, spices, and sauce. Of the many animistic and ancestral entities worshiped by the Ifugao, benevolent dieties are generally those who enjoy food and drink.On View
Not on viewCollections
mid 20th century
