Description
INDONESIAN TRIBAL MASK / East Timor Love Mask, the sculpture were not to be worn but made to make contact with the spirits of ancestors in love blessings.
In old Indonesians beliefs, such Indonesian tribal mask were homes for the spirits to dwell in. The mask is, therefore, is a medium for ancestral spirits to reside in the physical world as it represents the divine beings or energies in a physical form.
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Height(with stand): 54.5 cm / 21.5 inches
Mask only(HxW): 38 x 18 cm / 15 x 7.1 inches
Side width: 11 cm / 4.3 inches
Weight: 2.6 kg / 5.7 lb
After packing: 4.5 kg / 9.9 lb
Wikipedia:
East Timor or Timor-Leste , officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is a sovereign state in Maritime Southeast Asia. East Timor was colonised by Portugal in the 16th century, and was known as Portuguese Timor until 28 November 1975. During World War II, Dili was occupied by the Allies in 1941, and later by the Japanese beginning in 1942. The mountainous interior of the colony became the scene of a guerrilla campaign, known as the Battle of Timor. Waged by East Timorese volunteers and Allied forces against the Japanese, the struggle killed between 40,000 and 70,000 East Timorese civilians.[31] The Japanese eventually drove the last of the Australian and Allied forces out in early 1943.[32] Portuguese control resumed, however, after Japanese surrender at the end of World War II.[33]
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galvin yeo –
beautiful piece from borneo, fast and great service.