In Timor as with many traditional cultures, livestock constitutes a family’s wealth. The Timorese traditionally and ritually kill animals for ceremony such as Weddings and Funerals and as a supplementary food source. True to making the best use of the materials at hand Timor has a long tradition of carving bone and horn imbibing them with Atoni totemic guardian spirits.
Skulls are inscribed and carved for various purposes. Generally, it is to do with the crop success and ensuring health and wealth of the owner and clan. Skulls offered in this section are mostly older pieces that have gained their colouration or patina through being stored inside the huts between uses.
There are two main bone carving villages high in the mountains of central West Timor whose artists provide the needs of the entire western half of the island. Young and old, the carvers create some of the most breath-taking scrimshaw being produced in the world today. See also under Betel Nut-Bone Containers.
I am able to offer you this fine selection of horse, cow, goat, pig and dog. All bone and horn items have been Gamma Radiated to AQIS Standards.
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Wood Betel Nut Lime Container Unusual Letsusu Tribal Artefact Timor Indonesia
$30.00 -
Betel Nut Bag Kelim Village Motif Hand Woven Old Authentic West Timor Indonesia
$75.00 -
Betel Nut Bag Kelim Tribal Motif Hand Woven Old Authentic West Timor Indonesia
$95.00 -
Betel Nut Bag Decorated with strung Beads Hand Woven Old Authentic West Timor Indonesia
$125.00 -
Betel Nut Bag Aluk Saku Star Motif Hand Woven Tribal West Timor Indonesia
$18.00 -
Betel Nut Bag Aluk Saku Clan Motif Hand Woven Tribal West Timor Indonesia
$18.00 -
Betel Nut Bag Aluk Full Bead Party Hand Made Diamond Tribal West Timor Indonesia
$125.00 -
Betel Nut Bag Aluk Full Bead Party Hand Made Diamond Tribal West Timor Indonesia
$125.00 -
Betel Nut Bag Aluk Full Bead Party Hand Made Diamond Tribal West Timor Indonesia
$125.00 -
Aluk Betel Nut Bag Saku Ikat Motif Hand Woven Tribal Authentic Timor Indonesia
$18.00 -
2 x Bamboo Betel Nut Tobacco Container Tribal Scrimshaw Motif West Timor Indonesia
$50.00 -
3 x Betel Nut Tobacco Container Genuine Tribal West Timor Indonesia
$75.00 -
Bamboo Betel Nut Lime Container Tribal Motif Kaif & Croc West Timor Indonesia
$28.00 -
Betel Nut Lime Powder Container Red Wood Bird Stopper West Timor
$29.00 -
Betel Nut Lime Container Goat Bone Scrimshaw Tribal Artefact West Timor
$34.00 -
Small Betel Nut Lime Container Goat Bone Scrimshaw Tribal Artefact West Timor
$30.00 -
Betel Nut Lime Powder Container Red Wood Bird Stopper Clan Motif West Timor
$30.00 -
3 x Betel Nut Lime Powder Container Red Wood Bird Stopper Clan Motif West Timor
$75.00 -
Betel Nut Lime Container Buffalo Horn Traditional Kaif Motif West Timor Indonesia
$40.00 -
Betel Nut Lime Container Buffalo Horn Traditional Croc Motif West Timor Indonesia
$32.00 -
Betel Nut Lime Powder Container Red Wood Horse Head Stopper West Timor
$30.00 -
Betel Nut Lime Powder Container Red Wood Bird Stopper West Timor
$30.00 -
Betel Nut Lime Powder Container Coconut Shell Smiling Stopper West Timor
$25.00 -
Bamboo Betel Nut Lime Container Elegant Tribal Motif Kaif West Timor
$32.00 -
Bamboo Betel Nut Lime Container Chasing Dragon and Kaif Motif West Timor
$35.00 -
Bamboo Betel Nut Tobacco Container Tribal Scrimshaw Motif West Timor
$25.00 -
Bamboo Betel Nut Lime Container Fat Frog and Bird Motif West Timor
$34.00 -
Bamboo Betel Nut Lime Container Bold Kaif Motif Head Plug West Timor
$30.00 -
Bamboo Betel Nut Lime Container Super Tall Kaif Motif West Timor
$38.00 -
Bamboo Betel Nut Lime Container Old Kaif Motif West Timor
$28.00 -
Bamboo Betel Nut Lime Container Old No Motif West Timor
$23.00 -
3 Betel Nut Lime Powder Containers Goat Bone Scrimshaw Tribal Artefact West Timor
$80.00 -
3 x Betel Nut Lime Powder Container Red Wood Totem Stopper Clan Motif West Timor
$80.00 -
Betel Nut Crusher Bovine Base Wood Metal Rare Tribal Artefact West Timor
$75.00 -
Betel Nut Crusher Buffalo Horn Base Wood Metal Rare Tribal Artefact West Timor
$75.00 -
2 x Pair Betel Nut Lime Powder Container Red Wood Totem Stopper Clan Motif West Timor
$65.00 -
Betel Nut Lime Powder Container Red Wood Totem Stopper Clan Motif West Timor
$45.00 -
Betel Nut Lime Powder Container Teak Wood Totem Stopper Clan Motif West Timor
$40.00 -
Betel Nut Lime Powder Container Red Wood Totem Class Carving Clan Motif West Timor
$45.00 -
3 x Betel Nut Lime Powder Container Red Wood Totem Class Carving Clan Motif West Timor
$85.00 -
Buffalo Horn Lime Container Betel Nut Traditional Kaif Motif West Timor
$40.00 -
Buffalo Horn Lime Container Betel Nut Tribal Crocodile Motif West Timor
$40.00 -
Buffalo Horn Lime Container Betel Nut Genuine Tribal West Timor
$30.00 -
Betel Nut Lime Container Buffalo Horn Tribal Geckoe Motif West Timor
$32.00 -
Buffalo Horn Lime Container Betel Nut Traditional Kaif Motif West Timor
$40.00