Keris hilts with raised curved backbones

Interested Party · 8th June 2020, 08:02 PM

Sirek, good call. If the wood hilt is Gana wouldn't the marine ivory

hilt be Gana as well? Couldn't Gana be an abstract representation of an idea the carver is trying to convey, or conversely is the Gana style intended to be a void that the mind of the viewer fills with meaning, or option 3 is it that the viewer through an abstract form perceives what the object itself is or wishes itself to be?

8th June 2020, 08:02 PM	#6
Interested Party Member Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Eastern Sierra Posts: 490	Sirek, good call. If the wood hilt is Gana wouldn't the marine ivory hilt be Gana as well? Couldn't Gana be an abstract representation of an idea the carver is trying to convey, or conversely is the Gana style intended to be a void that the mind of the viewer fills with meaning, or option 3 is it that the viewer through an abstract form perceives what the object itself is or wishes itself to be?