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Guardian figure, hampatong

TC 33
Provenance: Bruce Frank, New York, 2003
Dimensions: H. 101 cm
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Hampatong that portray protective beings often have a prominent protruding tongue. They were often placed along paths leading to the houses or at village boundaries to ward off evil spirits and illness. (Capistrano 1994: 29)

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