Wayang Kulit. Durga WK01Durga is the malevolent manifestation of Uma or Parwati, the spouse of Shiva. Her face is white, an indication of youth, Innocence or purity, Her folded arms indicate that she is meditative or contemplative. Her head is tilted forward, indicating straight speaking. Her stance is wide legged indicating assertiveness, and she has shoes. Her kain differs from most female characters in that her legs are shown. She is wearing a three tiered coronet. She

then a green melon bead

If you are able to pick it up we can further reduce the price

Ming blue underglaze bowl

The story of temple deer is written up in Musings on our Balique website

If you look closely you will see the marks of the hand drill that made the hole

most probably European origin

depicts Nyi Loro Kidul

18th and 19th century traded into Borneo

the gold beads are silver gold dipped from Sulawesi and the other small beads are Indo-pacific beads

His stance is with the feet wide apart indicating action

This is an old mask from early 20th century has a leather thong which the dancer would grip with his teeth

In the early 2000's the gentleman who bought it was downsizing and he sold it to us