The Metropolitan Museum of Art- Bulul

1. The Rice Deity ( Bulul)  Ifugiao people, northern Luzon Island Philippines. It was made in the 19th-early 20th century. It's made out of wood.
2. The artist is bearing witness to the Ifugiao people and the beliefs. The people would consecrate  wood images also called Bulul, and placed in the family granaries to protect the crop from natural and supernatural enemies.
3. The artist communicated this story by make the wood image stoop while folding its hands which indicates protection.
4. I do not know how this wood sculpture was made but I will assume it was carefully done but hands and also with some tools.
5. The materials and manner in which the artist use to tell his/her story with the wood sculpture help because it show how traditional the Ifugiao people were and what they believe in.
6. I choose this wood sculpture because I like how the artist position the the piece, how it just sit ther with its arms folding.