Brancusi head on a cedar bedThis is one of my small hand held abstract sculptures. The head is from Blackboy tree (xanthorrhoea australis). This name now politically incorrect, refers to its appearance after a bushfire when only the trunk is left standing blackened. The plant, with its bush fire blackened trunk, produces a long flower spike, which resembled an Aboriginal boy wielding a spear. After a fire, it recovers rapidly and flowers profusely. Other names are grass tree and

It is most probably from the '20s or '30s and she is carved in a very dense wood

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I believe it to be Gajah Mada

Prior to the widespread adoption of Christianity in the early twentieth century

( 100 AD to 1000 AD ) Read more about the making of face beads on my musing

In the strand are two more old Bali silver beads

It is in very fine condition with no holes or repairs

Very good condition

The centrepiece bead is a mosaic bead with faces

This is a traditional Balinese singa

The religious specialists

I am ot sure