Most of the bulul statues shown in this album were examined carefully by a Curator from the Anthropology Division of the National Museum of the Philippines and confirmed as authentic artifacts used for traditional purposes with a Certificate of Registration of Cultural Property issued by the National Museum of the Philippines. This is an important qualification since about 80-90% of the bulul statues for sale in the 1990's were fakes, and that proportion has risen to well over 90% since then. The supply of authentic bulul statues at source in the mountain provinces is largely depleted now, and very few are available for sale now.

My initial purpose in establishing this album was to share photos and descriptions of my collection with others interested in this subject, and that still continues. However, my collection is so large that I cannot display more than a few statues at home and most of them are in storage, so I would be willing to sell some to other serious collectors who may be interested. You can contact me to enquire about prices or other questions at Philippine.bululs@gmail.com   I will donate 25% of all sale proceeds to charitable projects in the Philippines. If you would like to know more about me as an art collector, click on John Kuiper.

To view an associated website that shows other Philippine tribal artifacts in my collection, click on Philippine-Artifacts.