Kankaney Coffin Lock from Northern Philippines

A fine old Kankaney coffin Lock, Northern Phillipines, the…
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A fine old Kankaney coffin Lock, Northern Phillipines, the Kankaney are an ethnic division of the Igorots, an indigenous people of the Cordillera region, in the Phillipine Island of Luzan. This figure would have to fit into a square hole on a coffin to guard and protect the deceased. Provenance: Ex. Rudolf Kratochwill collection, Austria. 68 cm

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