Featured Dragon Wood Carving

Hi,
I thought this was probably the best place for this piece - dragon or maybe a sea serpent? Souvenir piece, from Indonesia? It is 13"H x 8" base. What kind of wood is this?
Any information appreciated.
thanks for looking

 

I found almost the same, they said it was carved from Palm wood.

 

Neat, cxgirl - i love the ribbed carving... Looks like a Thai/Indonesian headdress

 

the wood is straight out of Bali !

 

Thank-you scoutshouse and komokwa
Yes, he is pretty neat looking, too bad about a few of his teeth.

 

file them all down to the same size...then punch him in the snout ...and tell him to behave !!!!

 

lol komokwa - glad to see you still have a sense of humour when you are under the weather hope you are starting to feel better!

 

thanks....a little better.....the nose dried up...but bacteria in the lower throat persists...

 

It is from Bali. A traditional theme, but carved for tourists from not so very hard wood. The kind of wood is difficult to determine and only important if it is a collectible piece.
The type of crown indicates this is a God, probably Antaboga.
Antaboga, or Sang Hyang Antaboga, is the World Serpent and first creator in Javanese pre-Hindu and pre-Islamic mythology. His name means endless food or riches. In the Javanese Hindu era Antaboga became part of the Hindu mythological stories. Balinese Hinduism is derived from the Javanese tradition.

 

I can determine it.......Albizia....95% of all the fake NWC Indian carvings are made from this.....

 

Wonderful, thank-you so much AJ for the history s

Thank-you komokwa!