Material: Wood
Style: Bali, Indonesia
Size: Height 33 cm, Length 23 (base), Width 22 cm (base)
Order Number: MHSABHPB1

Balinese buildings follow traditional design principles and incorporate structural columns at the corners of the buildings and within the walls as primary structural elements so that the buildings are strong and flexible enough to withstand earthquakes.

The main load-bearing parts of the building are a timber post and beam framework, which supports the roof. The height of the posts is determined by the measurements of the house owner’s body.

The posts rest on bases, which are sometimes decorated, called umpak.

Balinese House Post Base.

Early – mid 20th century.

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Material: Wood
Style: Bali, Indonesia
Size: Height 42 cm, Length 29 (base), Width 28 cm (base)
Order Number: MHSABHPB2

Balinese buildings follow traditional design principles and incorporate structural columns at the corners of the buildings and within the walls as primary structural elements so that the buildings are strong and flexible enough to withstand earthquakes.

The main load-bearing parts of the building are a timber post and beam framework, which supports the roof. The height of the posts is determined by the measurements of the house owner’s body.

The posts rest on bases, which are sometimes decorated, called umpak.

Balinese House Post Base.

Early – mid 20th century.

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Material: Wood
Style: Bali, Indonesia
Size: Height 32 cm, Length 24 (base), Width 24 cm (base)
Order Number: MHSABHPB3

Balinese buildings follow traditional design principles and incorporate structural columns at the corners of the buildings and within the walls as primary structural elements so that the buildings are strong and flexible enough to withstand earthquakes.

The main load-bearing parts of the building are a timber post and beam framework, which supports the roof. The height of the posts is determined by the measurements of the house owner’s body.

The posts rest on bases, which are sometimes decorated, called umpak.

Balinese House Post Base.

Early – mid 20th century.

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Material: Wood
Style: Bali, Indonesia
Size: Height 19 cm,  from bottom of stand to top 30 cm, Width 15 cm
Order Number: MHSABTD1

80-90 years.

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Material: Wood
Style: Bali, Indonesia
Size: Height 19 cm,  from bottom of stand to top 38 cm, Width 12 cm
Order Number: MHSABTD2

80-90 years.

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Material: Wood
Style: Bali, Indonesia
Size: Height 20 cm,  from bottom of stand to top 33 cm, Width 14 cm
Order Number: MHSABTD3

80-90 years.

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Material: Wood
Style: Bali, Indonesia
Size: Height 19 cm,  from bottom of stand to top 29 cm, Width 14 cm
Order Number: MHSABTD4

80-90 years.

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Material: Wood
Style: Bali, Indonesia
Size: Height 18.5 cm,  from bottom of stand to top 35 cm, Width 11 cm
Order Number: MHSABTD5

80-90 years.

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Material: Wood
Style: Bali, Indonesia
Size: Height 22 cm,  from bottom of stand to top 34 cm, Width 15 cm
Order Number: MHSABTD6

80-90 years.

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Material: Wood
Style: Bali, Indonesia
Size: Height 40.5 cm Width 12 cm (elbow to elbow)
Order Number: MHSABTD7

Dewi Sri, Balinese Rice Goddess.

Early – mid 20th century.

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Material: Kepeng Chinese coins, wood
Style: Bali, Indonesia
Size: Height 70 cm, Width 22.5 cm, Depth 22 cm
Order Number: MHSACDSS2

The coins are over 100 years old and the wood is 40-50 years old.

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Material: Bronze
Style: Bali, Indonesia
Size: Height 19 cm, Width 24 cm, Depth 14 cm
Order Number: MHSAHWC1

From our book Secrets of Bali:

Balinese Hinduism is called the ‘Holy Water Religion’, Agama Tirta, which indicates the centrality of holy water in the religion. It is used in every ceremony, in every ritual, and poured over every offering, every sacrifice, every building, every rice field and every person. This sacred substance cleanses, blesses and purifies. It gets rid of evil and protects. At the end of prayers, the priest pours holy water over the person’s head. There are many varieties.

This type of teapot or kettle was not used  for tea or coffee but to store holy water. It could have been used by a high priest (pedanda) to wash his hands and feet before starting a ceremony.

The spout is a cobra, naga, the protector of springs, wells and rivers, hence bringing rain, and thus fertility.

19th – early 20th century.

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Material: Hibiscus wood, hand carved
Style: Bali
Size: Height 26 cm,  Length 42  cm, Depth 26 cm
Order Number: BDW1

Most Balinese wood carvings are handcrafted by skilled artisans, requiring weeks to complete a single piece.

There are hundreds of species of trees in Bali and at least thirty-nine of them are used in woodcarving.

Up to the 1930s, it was highly formulaic and craftsmen tended to copy each other. Carvings consisted mainly of gods, heroes and demons. In the majority of cases they served a religious function, but they also decorated the royal palaces. They were not made for ordinary home decoration.

Modern styles arose to appeal to the tourists, who were beginning to come to Bali in the 1930s. As with painting, encouragement and suggestions came from Walter Spies and Rudolf Bonnet, who saw that tourism could create a source of income.

According to a report in the Indonesian language newspaper Kompas, in 2003 Gianyar recorded 14,368 woodcarving units employing a total of 37,150 workers.

The modern styles can be classified as:

• The elongated style
• The squat style
• The driftwood style

I Nyoman Cokot’s two sons developed the driftwood style incorporating faces, animals, demons and plants carved out of the twists and turns, often almost hidden, of the branches of the tree. Only the carved parts are finished.

This carving is hibiscus wood and shows Sita and the deer from the Ramayana epic.

The story involves a beautiful golden deer, actually the demon Maricha in disguise. Sita, enchanted by its beauty, asks Rama to capture it for her as a pet. Her request causes Rama to leave to chase the deer, and in his absence, the demon-king Ravana abducts Sita.

Mid- 20th century.

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Material: Cempaka Wood, hand painted, glass bottles
Style: Bali
Size: Height 18 cm, 40 cm (to top of the bottles), Length 21.5 cm, Width 9.5 cm
Order Number: MHSBH9

To hold  holy water, arak and brem, used in all Balinese Hindu ceremonies, called a Tetabuhan. The bottles are held by a white Nandi, Siwa’s mount.

The Sanskrit word Nandi means happy, joy, and satisfaction, the properties of the divine guardian of Siwa. Almost all Siwa temples display stone images of a seated Nandi, generally facing the main shrine and usually depicted as a bull.

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Material: Cempaka Wood, hand painted, glass bottles
Style: Bali
Size: Height 19cm, 42 cm (to top of the bottles), Length 49 cm, Width 12 cm
Order Number: MHSBH10

To hold  holy water, arak and brem, used in all Balinese Hindu ceremonies, called a Tetabuhan. The bottles are held by a white Nandi, Siwa’s mount.

The Sanskrit word Nandi means happy, joy, and satisfaction, the properties of the divine guardian of Siwa. Almost all Siwa temples display stone images of a seated Nandi, generally facing the main shrine and usually depicted as a bull.

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Material: Cempaka Wood, hand painted
Style: Bali
Size: Height 63 cm, Length 34 cm, Width 34 cm
Order Number: MHSBH13

Brahma riding a swan. Brahma is the creator god in Hinduism. He is red on his usual vehicle, a swan.

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Material: Wood, paint
Style: Singaraja, Bali
Size: Height 20 cm, Length 23 cm, Depth 2 cm
Order Number: MHSBH12

80-90 years old.

Temple decoration.

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Material: Madura wood, paint
Style: Bali
Size: Height 46 cm, Width 18 cm, Depth 2 cm
Order Number: MHSBH11

80-90 years old.

Temple decoration. Nagas are mythical protective serpents.

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Material: Ebony wood, hand carved
Style: Bali
Size: Height 8 cm,  Length 33  cm, Width 20 cm
Order Number: BWPH1

Most Balinese wood carvings are handcrafted by skilled artisans, requiring weeks to complete a single piece.

There are hundreds of species of trees in Bali and at least thirty-nine of them are used in woodcarving.

Up to the 1930s, it was highly formulaic and craftsmen tended to copy each other. Carvings consisted mainly of gods, heroes and demons. In the majority of cases they served a religious function, but they also decorated the royal palaces. They were not made for ordinary home decoration.

Modern styles arose to appeal to the tourists, who were beginning to come to Bali in the 1930s. As with painting, encouragement and suggestions came from Walter Spies and Rudolf Bonnet, who saw that tourism could create a source of income.

According to a report in the Indonesian language newspaper Kompas, in 2003 Gianyar recorded 14,368 woodcarving units employing a total of 37,150 workers.

The modern styles can be classified as:

• The elongated style
• The squat style
• The driftwood style

Walter Spies inspired the elongated style. The subject-matter is realistic and still very much alive. The elongated carvings are made of fine hardwood, sanded and finished without paint. They are polished to a fine sheen, very smooth and good to touch. The shapes are extremely fluid.

The first woodcarver to carve in this style was I Tegelan in the village of Belaluan. He had admirers in Mas, a village a little to the north: Ida Bagus Ketut Gelodog and Ida Bagus Nyana. Mas became the centre of the new style. Perhaps the best carver was I Nyoman Cokot of Jati, who died in 1971. He carved Hindu deities and demons.

Mid- 20th century.

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Material: Bronze, gold plated
Style: Bali, Indonesia
Size: Height 24 cm, Width 13 cm, Depth 13 cm
Order Number: MHSBS3

Tara is one of the pre-eminent female figures in Buddhism. She has been worshipped as a female bodhisattva and counterpart of Avalokiteshvara, the compassionate bodhisattva, since around the 6th century AD. Several compassionate kings and spiritual leaders have been regarded as incarnations of Avalokiteshvara, including the Dalai Lamas, who are believed to be Avalokiteshvara in human form. A bodhisattva is any person who is on the path towards Buddhahood.

Some legends say that when Avalokiteshvara was looking down from heaven at the world of suffering and crying from his powerlessness to prevent all the pain, the goddess Tara was born from his tears, or from a lotus growing in one of his tears. Some legends say that two Taras were born: a peaceful white Tara from his right eye, and a fierce green Tara from his left eye.

Tara represents all the past, present and future miracles of the Buddha.

Tara is worshipped primarily in Tibet and Nepal. She is believed to be reincarnated in pious women.

She is beautiful and her right hand is usually in the gift-giving gesture. Her right leg extended forward symbolises her readiness to spring into action and save others. Tibetan Buddhism has at least 5 coloured Taras – yellow, white, green, red and blue – which represent her different aspects.

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