Headhunter Statue

As recent as 50 years ago, the fierce Ifugao tribe would ambush neighbouring tribes and take the heads of their warriors as battle trophies. Now you can buy a wooden carving in the souvenir shop..."special price for you!"

Rice Terraces in Northern Luzon

March 1st 2008
HELLO ALL!!! The lull in our blogging has not been due to lack of travel or activity... on the contrary we have traveled through two regions (North & South Luzon) and slept in ten different hotels/pensions and two very chilly over-night buses in the past 15 days. It has been quite the adventure and has opened our eyes to a very different landscape, culture, climate and aspect of the Philippine ... read more

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The Philippine Islands became a Spanish colony during the 16th century; they were ceded to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. In 1935 the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth. Manuel QUEZON was elected President and was ta... ... read more

28th December 2010

Liz G.
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Where did you find this?
I've been searching all over the internet, an old Filipino man gave my father a statue just like this. I was wondering if maybe you had more information about the piece and if they have any significance. Thanks for your time!

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