Large Hand carved Contemporary Mask Mermaid Fish Totem Motif West Timor

Description

M1090 – I continue to be amazed at the imagery / iconography that the mountain men of West Timor embellish their carvings with. There are no magazines and very few TVs in the villages where these crafts people work, live and play so this is pure imagination. Mermaid, fish, and 3 totem disks.

Hand carved from a solid chunk of red cedarwood / kayu merah.

52cm tall x 30cm wide

20.5″ tall x 12″ wide

2kg / 4lb 10oz

You are welcome to combine items to maximise your postage costs, the shopping cart will adjust itself to accommodate your treasures and find the most economical rate. We will advise if any adjustments are necessary.

International buyers are welcome. Aus Post has returned the international 250gr parcel. This is great news as it is more economical to post small packets internationally now. YAY! A true shame that they have not done so for domestic.

I am Julie and have been collecting Timorese Treasures in the field since 1990 when I won a prize for overseas travel in a pub in Darwin [true]. I had no idea at the time that I had stumbled upon an Aladdin’s cave of authentic traditional tribal textiles and treasures. I have been returning annually ever since [well most years] and been witness to many changes across the last 3 decades. Read more about Timor and I in THE BIGGER PICTURE.

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