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Bronze figurine

Group: T'boli

Description

Bronze figurine of a woman playing the sludoy (bamboo zither). The figurine is made using the 'lost wax' process: a model of an object is made in wax, wrapped in clay; the whole is then baked in a fire which causes the wax to melt, leaving a negative mold in clay wherein the heated liquid bronze is poured and left to harden).

Dimensions:

Height: 5,5 cm., hips and legs: 4,5 cm.

Remarks

Ethnic group: T'boli

Location: SE Mindanao


Left: figurine in wax; right: finished statue
Photographs copyright F. de Jager


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