Ethnical Items from Indonesia.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Dom

Sajen, may you tell me, if under the ouran-utan scull, the support it's not a "barava" ?
my brother is back in France with a collection of at least of 10, each one more beautiful than the other,
it's a terrific job that to carve these fossil shell, it's very fine

Hello Dom,

not a barava, different culture. And the motif from baravas are different. Many motif from the Gelvinck Bay are very close to the motifs from South Moluccas since there was an early trade between this two areas.

Regards,

Detlef