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$105.00
All ethnic mask (topeng) dances in Bali are accompanied with music from a gamelan percussion orchestra as are dramas and other entertainments considered as offerings to honor, please and attract the favor of the gods and ancestral spirits. In the west dancers put on masks to pretend they are someone else. Balinese dancers become the…
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$125.00
Court ministers (patih) in Bali, Indonesia are danced in mask (topeng) performances named Topeng Panjegan where a single dancer interprets 5 legendary characters wearing full face masks, cannot speak and much portray them only through gestures and body language and positions. Patih manis (literally sweet, a good natured, diplomatic minister) is often the first solo…
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$185.00 Original price was: $185.00.$160.00Current price is: $160.00.
H: 10.5” Dia: 4.25″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Vintage miniature lacquer and bamboo hsun ok used on a home altar for offerings to the Buddha statue there with circular tiers repeated on the foot and the stupa finial top.
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$295.00 Original price was: $295.00.$260.00Current price is: $260.00.
H: 4.6″ W:2.5 ” D: 2.12 ” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Made by the Naga, tribal ethnic groups in India, conch shell ear covers were worn by warriors attached to pierced ears through a hole in the shell. Stippled abstract images of standing male with raised arms as status sign, mounted on Lucite base and is a fascinating piece of cultural art.
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$295.00 Original price was: $295.00.$260.00Current price is: $260.00.
H: 4.6″ W:2.5 ” D: 2.12 ” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Made by the Naga, tribal ethnic groups in India, shell ear covers like this with stippled abstract image of standing male with raised arms were worn by warriors as status symbols.
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$335.00
Traditional Burmese dance has its roots in folk religion and is a combination of ancient animism, nat worship and a later syncretic blend with Buddhism. Ethnic minorities often perform dances that include warriors , Zawgyi (shaman) and nats wielding swords or holding drums while dressed in full-body costumes. Burmese performances were regulated with limitations on…
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$335.00 Original price was: $335.00.$250.00Current price is: $250.00.
H: 16.75″ W: 99.375″ D: 3″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
This charming vintage folk-art panel of a barefoot female farmer with a woven rattan basket behind her with the handle over her forehead is part of a 3 part set of farmer images
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$335.00
Burmese women always did strenuous work, yet they rarely see themselves as farmers. This is due to Burma’s old patriarchal culture, Burmese laws and narrow rural beliefs defining them as workers laboring for men only: their father, brother or husband. This wonderful painted wood panel of a barefoot female farmer depicts her with the long…
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$240.00
Ht: 9.75″ W: 3.5″ D: 2.5″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S. !
This Chinese Republic Period delicate porcelain figurine holds a rose at her heart in her right snow white hand, her left arm covered by her shawl resting on a waist-high decorative vase with an opening to hold incense (joss) sticks. Her shawl drapes over her shoulders and lower garment with floral motifs extending to the beaded belt at her waist. The sweet facial expression with slightly smiling bowed lips is framed by her piled hair looped in a chignon over each ear. Given her luxurious garments and accessories, she is an aristocratic woman. The rose was often used on porcelains during this period, representing eternal spring.
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$115.00
This vintage Indonesian rice paddle/spoon was crafted from local wood by a Lombok craftsman and is a fine example of the cultural art of the Sasak people who number three million and comprise about 80% of its population. As animism farmers for two millennia, they lived in houses surrounding religious compounds where they held religious…
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$325.00 Original price was: $325.00.$285.00Current price is: $285.00.
H: 5.25″ W:3.75 ” D: 2 ” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Made by the Naga, a collection of tribal groups in India with a past headhunting tradition, conch shell ear covers are worn by warriors. This has a stippled image of a buffalo’s neck and head inside V-shaped horns, a symbol of wealth, prosperity. On Lucite base, they are unique cultural art.
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$335.00 Original price was: $335.00.$275.00Current price is: $275.00.
H: 16.25 ” Dia: 8 ” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Given its size this smaller early 20th century Hsun-ok with simple sophisticated designs of with parallel rows of intricate triangular and beaded borders may been placed as decorative piece on a home altar.
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