via GMA News, 24 November 2022: An Ifugao sculpture of a rice god that was sold at auction was traced to the family of Henry Otley Beyer, a prominent figure in Philippine anthropology.
The bulul or carved wooden rice god of Ifugao that recently fetched a 630,000 euros or P36 million at an auction in Paris is an important piece of cultural heritage of Filipinos, an anthropologist from the University of the Philippines has said. Christie’s traced its provenance to William Gambuk Beyer, the son of Henry Otley Beyer who is considered as the “Father of Philippine Anthropology.”
Source: Bulul that fetched P36M at Christie’s once owned by son of ‘Father of Philippine Anthropology’
