Object Name: Kinnabigat

Provenance: Amganad, Banaue, Ifugao
Wood
H 189 cm
MK Collection

The kinnabigat is the king post that connects the beam and the frame of the cogon roof of the Ifugao bale. In the houses of the kadangyan in certain areas of Ifugao, the king post may have anthropomorphic figures representing Kabigat, the god of plenty and giver of the rice plant.