a carved wooden figure used to guard the rice crop by the Ifugao peoples of northern Luzon. The sculptures are highly stylized representations of ancestors and are thought to gain power and wealth from the presence of the ancestral spirit.
PaeteWood
Wooden statues and crucifixes, big and small, which are found in almost every Catholic church and home in the country, were usually made in Paete, a town that has become famous for its centuries-old wood carving tradition passed on through generations.
