Figura antenato tribale in legno intagliato a mano Timor Est Indonesia

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Venditore: cobur5302 ✉️ (115) 100%, Luogo in cui si trova l'oggetto: Bexhill-on-Sea, GB, Spedizione verso: GB e molti altri paes, Numero oggetto: 404599958619 Figura antenato tribale in legno intagliato a mano Timor Est Indonesia. 1970s Hand Carved Wood Tribal Ancestor Monkey  Figure Region: East Timor   Indonesia  Height:   17cm Weight:  

 

Having resided in South East Asia and the Pacific region for several decades I've a developed passion for and a trading interest in artefacts of the region. This artefact is part of a large collection that I’m selling to downsize.

Timor  island, in the Lesser Sunda Islands, has a long history of influx of populations going back to the early 1500s when Portuguese traders set up a base there while trading sandalwood.

Dutch traders working the spice trade arrived in the early 1600sand set up on the western end of the island. Further influxes of IndonesianMalay settlers along the coastal areas in later centuries saw the predominantlyMelanesian Aboriginal people of Timor move inland to the more mountainous highland country.

Amongst the Aboriginal inhabitants traditional practices of Animism and Ancestor worship predominate. Each village has a sacred house with a custodian priest and a surrounding taboo area. Because of former coastal warfare, villages and isolated houses are surrounded by stockades, and houses are usually raised on piles.

Ancestral figure carvings similar to this artefact are produced to honour the departed, and statues are carved and usually kept in the false roof of the lopo. They can be brought out to re-tell stories and as a means to remember past family members. Similarly guardian spirits, ancestor figures or totemic spirits are all captured in wood, to be passed down for posterity and used in order to build the spiritual power of the village.

The tradition of tribal art carving has been continued and is practiced by males exclusively.

The majority of carvings originate from the Belu district of Central Timor. The carvers work with local resources such as wood (teak, red cedar wood, eucalyptus and palm wood), bamboo, coconut shell, gourds, bone and fossilised coral.

While subsistence farming is at the heart of traditional Timor economy, local craft manufacture of cotton cloth, finely woven fabrics, woven and patterned baskets, forged iron weapons and tools, brass ornaments cast by the lost-wax process, and carved sculptures and masks are specific to rural villages. Here the practice of Animism, or nature-worship, is incorporated with the carving of ancestral statues and masks, which have a ritualistic function.

  • Condition: This nice artefact it is in very good condition considering its age and usage. Please view all of the photos...
  • Primary Material: Wood/ Woodenware
  • Antique: Yes
  • Original/Repro: Vintage Original
  • Product: Hand Carved Wood Ancestor Figure
  • Region of Origin: Southeast Asia
  • Age: Post-1940

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