Surfing princess, Nyi Loro Kidul.This low relief panel, carved on teak, depicts Nyi Loro Kidul. Nyi Loro Kidul is the princess of the Southern ocean. Her legend is that she is asleep until awakened by a man she likes who enters her domain. If she wishes to have him she will take him into her palace in the depths where she is attended by a retinue of mermaids. There she takes her pleasure with him. and they make love. If the man is special she may gift him to her favorites and he

A fine old Javanese keris handle

Because of its fantastic wood-working nature

This is a very rare find

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

28 x10 x 6 cm

Originally she was painted black to imitate ebony which this wood shares density

Carved in rare Australian Red Cedar

The age of the Jatim bead is uncertain

the fourth on a cloud

on the left fossilised coral

Dong Son bronze bird pendant

but rather for the Batak shaman or Datu to determine auspicious days for planting