Oceania, Etc: vendor of South Seas Art - Collecting Tiki

IDOT I dream of tiki Tiki Socialite Pittsburgh, PA Joined: Jan 12, 2004 Posts: 501	IDOT I dream of tiki Posted posted on Sat, Nov 19, 2005 5:38 PM Lets revisit Doors from Timor "This Timor panel consists of 6 panels and 4 totem columns (155" X 86"), all fitting inside each other like a puzzle. Is is the whole front of a Timor house which looks exactly like a tiki hut, palm roof and all except with a lot of carvings all over." "This is part of a rare handcarved ancestor house front with man and woman effigies collected in Timor (the whole panel could not fit on one picture), made of iron wood, a heavy and very hard wood. It has good luck geckos and other animals carved in the panels as well, a great collector piece: a section of the traditional beehive hut of the Timorese people. The figures represented, ancestor spirits and such are supposed to intercede on the behalf of the villagers and protect them from the demons that lurk around the villages. Nice patina too." [ Edited by: I dream of tiki 2005-11-20 16:58 ]

Lets revisit Doors from Timor

"This Timor panel consists of 6 panels and 4 totem columns (155" X 86"), all fitting inside each other like a puzzle. Is is the whole front of a Timor house which looks exactly like a tiki hut, palm roof and all except with a lot of carvings all over."

"This is part of a rare handcarved ancestor house front with man and woman effigies collected in Timor (the whole panel could not fit on one picture), made of iron wood, a heavy and very hard wood. It has good luck geckos and other animals carved in the panels as well, a great collector piece: a section of the traditional beehive hut of the Timorese people. The figures represented, ancestor spirits and such are supposed to intercede on the behalf of the villagers and protect them from the demons that lurk around the villages. Nice patina too."

[ Edited by: I dream of tiki 2005-11-20 16:58 ]

Post #199024 by I dream of tiki on Sat, Nov 19, 2005 5:38 PM