Kinteb
LOCAL NAME:
Kinteb
ENGLISH NAME:
Ceremonial container
DESCRIPTION:
A ceremonial wooden container called kinteb by the Kankana-ey in Mountain Province. It is carved in the shape of a seated male figure with legs and cowrie shells that serve as the eyes.
COMMONLY USED BY/IN:
Mountain Province
MATERIAL COMPOSITION:
Wood, Cowrie shells
ITEM CONSTRUCTION:
Woodcarving
DIMENSIONS:
Height:
23.5 cm
ACQUISITION YEAR:
2021
DISPLAY STATUS:
BURC
RESEARCH DATA:
A ceremonial container called kinteb in Mountain Province. It is a container for the symbolic tokens of offerings like meat, matured rice grains, and pieces of chicken flesh or quills and some betel nuts. According to Baradas (1990) sacrificial blood of animals is dripped over this wooden box during rituals.
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