Tools
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Carved Wooden Pillow Headrest (dallapon)Rectangular in shape. Composed of an oxen, wooden figure. It is smooth to the touch and the color scheme is of a brown varnish. Dimensions are 10.5 inches in length, 5.5 inches in width, & 11 inches in height. Function was to rest one’s head just like a pillow. Four arches hold the headrest up on an upward incline. Two water buffalos (carabaos) head carvings are constructed with a Bas Relief, an Art Deco visual art design. Ifugao.
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Paddle Spade (kaud/kayiw)Long, wooden handle with attached paddle. Dark brown varnish added. Main function was to use as an agricultural, farming tool. Done by moving the soil to construct and repair pond fields where rice is cultivated.
Dimensions: 18.25 inch paddle 38 inche handle 56 inche height. Ifugao, Luzon, Philippines |
Potter's clayThis potter’s clay was originally in a spherical shape, showing that it was probably harvested in one location and transported to another to be shaped into a tool or decoration. This particular piece has dried and broken into several small pieces, so it never got the chance to become something more useful, but other such clay spheres would have been made into bowls, cups, vases, jewelry, weapon hilts, idols, etc. the Ifugao people were masters at making the best with what they had.
Origin: Luzon, Philippines |
Stone Hammer (Tultul/Pamalu)Used as a tool for flattening items. Dimensions are 18.25 inches in total length. Stone itself is 6 inches in width. Stone is gray colored with freckled spots all around. Possibly made in the 20th to 21st Centuries. The wooden handle is held together by black tape strips. Ifugao.
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Loom beater stick (baliga)Also called a beater sword for a loom. Probably made of banutan wood. It is flat like the blade of a spear, or a blade of a double-edged knife, but only its lower border is somewhat sharp. The baliga serves to widen the gap made by the spreader and to beat the weft threads against the part of the chain already woven. Length of 27 inches, width of 2 inches, and a thickness of .375 inches. Used in a belt loom to beat threads down into place. Made of darkly finished wood, probably banutan wood, with a shiny finish. Length of 27 inches, width of 2 inches, and a thickness of .375 inches. Flat, ends taper to a dull knife-like point. Condition: unused. The baliga is of the Ifugao people in the northern Philippines.
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Wooden Pump Drill with FlywheelA tool such as this could be used to create other tools useful for the farming and cooking of rice. It looks as though the main purpose of this item would have been to drill small holes in times. Probably used on wood, but because the tip is metal, it may have been used on stone as well. The Ifugao were an innovative people and this tool is just one example of their impressive problem solving skills. This tool was a means to an end in creating an easier life for themselves.
Dimensions:The whole drill is 15 1/2 inches from tip to tip. The tapered rod is 1/2 inch on one end and 1 inch on the other. The wheel is 4 inches in diamiter and 1 inch thick. The handle is 11 1/2 inches long, 1 1/2 inches wide, and 1/2 inch thick. Origin: Banaue, Ifugao people in Luzon, Philippines |
Wooden Spindle (tobayan)Most likely Ifugao in origin. It was used to make fiber into thread and then wind the thread. The rod is 13 inches long and the disc is 2 inches wide. It consists of a wooden rod tapered at one end with a wooden disk near the end. There are fibers wrapping around the rod. The whole spindle is dark brown. The condition is good but one end of the wooden spindle has the finish flaking off of it.
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Rice Harvesting Knife or Finger Knife (Gamulang)A rice harvesting knife is used to gather or harvest rice. It is made up of a wooden handle that is held in the palm and a crescent-shaped blade that is in the center at a right-angle to the handle. It passes between and parallel to the middle and ring fingers. Stocks of rice are then grasped in the hand and cut in a singular motion.
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Cat-fish Trap (Ubol)A ubol was used to catch freshwater/mud fish that were often raised in wet rice paddies/lakes by the Ifugao. The types of fish caught included the dulong (lacustrine goby) or the tuyu/hito (small catfish). The trap’s inverted mouth and sharp ends allows for fish to enter the trap but not to escape the trap. As an early form of farmed fishing, the Ifugao capture 2 or 3 large fish and placed them into their terraced rice fields typically after the start of the rainy season. The spawn grow remarkably fast, so that within three of four months they are six inches long. Once they are ready to spade the field for rice, a fish-catching is held, and they invite friends and relatives. The dulong has a direct economic importance since a considerable quantity of this fish are sold to wealthy Ifugao, and American officials. The dulong would also be considered a staple side dish for the Ifugao.
Dimensions: 6 and ½ inches tall 14 in circumference at widest 3 ½ inch wide base 1 ¼ inch wide top 2 inch by 1 inch by 1 inch cork. |
Golok Bamboo KnifeSpearheads portrayed as an impaling mechanism. Golok Bamboo Knife is a sacrifice tool that uses bamboo sharp edges for circumcision (non-religious) or ceremonies. Origin of the world Golok comes from Filipino Historian Dr. Pardo de Tavara. His classification of Igorrote people composes of the root word golot, which means mountain chain in Tagalog. The prefix I in Igorrote means dweller in or people of. Golot can also be translated as “mountain men” and are concentrated in the Northern Philippines. Dimensions settings are sixteen centimeters wide, zero centimeters tall, & a half centimeters in length. It would appear at first glance at the artifact to be harmless. However, if one were to use it as a sacrificial item to kill another and with enough force, injury or death could occur. Color scheme is of wood and black varnish. Appears to be in great condition. Igorot.
Dimensions: 16cm long, less than 1cm thick, 1/2cm wide Igorot, Luzon, Philippines |
Small fish trap (gūbol)
Cylindrical fish trap made of woven rattan and bamboo spikes (gūbol). The cylinder gradually narrows from one end to the other where it is closed with a woven rattan lid/cover. There are two rows of bamboo spikes that point inward towards the narrow end of the trap so the fish is able to enter the trap without being able to get out. The trap is baited with rice and left in streams or ponds in order to trap small fish.
8.5 inches long, with a diameter of 2 inches at the top and 1.6 inches at the bottom, and a circumference of 8 inches. Cylindrical in shape, made of small bamboo strips and woven together with rattan. Brown/tan in color. Condition: unused. Origin: Batad Valley, Ifugao tribe, Luzon, Philippines. |
Fire pistonUsed to start fires. 6 inches long when closed. It is 1 ¼ inches wide at its widest section and ¼ inches at its thinnest section. It is 1 ¼ inches in diameter at end of the piston and 1 inch in diameter at the end of the cylinder. The piston is wooden with a horn cylinder which could be a carabao (buffalo) horn. The fibers are plant bast at end of the piston inside the cylinder and on the piston outside of the cylinder. The piston is brown and the cylinder is darker brown/black. The fibers are tan. The condition is good, but with scratches and a couple of cracks. The fibers are dried out and the piston doesn't fit as tightly as it should inside of the bore. There is also some fiber stuck inside of the bore.
Igorot, Luzon, Philippines |
Rodent trap (attib)Used especially for mice or rats; jaws are hinged at both ends with a spring in which the animal is caught. Consists of two pieces—larger piece is 9.5 inches long, 1 inch wide, height of 1.1 inches; smaller piece is 11.7 inches long, 1.7 inches wide, with a diameter of 2 inches and a circumference of 6.25 inches. The trap is made of bamboo, dark brown in color. The larger piece of the trap is comprised of two long, thin blades of bamboo tied together at both ends with dark rope. The smaller of the pieces is a hollow cylinder for half the length, and the other half is curved only slightly. Condition: unused. Origin: Batad Valley, Ifugao tribe, Luzon, Philippines.
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