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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 617164, member: 2844"]Welcome, curiosity.</p><p>It is Bahau Dayak, from Kalimantan/Borneo, Indonesia. Indonesia is the bridge between Asian and Oceanic cultures, so you were pretty close.</p><p>The mask part is based on a Bahau Dayak mask. Bahau masks often have those very big flat eyes. I think this is a decorative piece, not traditional but using traditional motifs and styles.</p><p>There are many Chinese in Borneo, and old Chinese cash coins are used throughout Indonesia. So the use of cash coin decorations or imagery, round with a square hole representing heaven and earth, is not unusual.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bahau mask:</p><p><img src="http://www.tribalartasia.com/Tribal%20Art%20Asia%20%20Dayak%20Tribe/DAYAK%204/DAYAK%20NEW%20MASK.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.tribalartasia.com/Tribal%20Art%20Asia%20%20Dayak%20Tribe/DAYAK%204/DAYAK%20NEW%20MASK.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tribalartasia.com/Tribal%20Art%20Asia%20%20Dayak%20Tribe/DAYAK%204/DAYAK%20NEW%20MASK.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tribalartasia.com/Tribal Art Asia Dayak Tribe/DAYAK 4/DAYAK NEW MASK.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 617164, member: 2844"]Welcome, curiosity. It is Bahau Dayak, from Kalimantan/Borneo, Indonesia. Indonesia is the bridge between Asian and Oceanic cultures, so you were pretty close. The mask part is based on a Bahau Dayak mask. Bahau masks often have those very big flat eyes. I think this is a decorative piece, not traditional but using traditional motifs and styles. There are many Chinese in Borneo, and old Chinese cash coins are used throughout Indonesia. So the use of cash coin decorations or imagery, round with a square hole representing heaven and earth, is not unusual. Bahau mask: [IMG]http://www.tribalartasia.com/Tribal%20Art%20Asia%20%20Dayak%20Tribe/DAYAK%204/DAYAK%20NEW%20MASK.jpg[/IMG] [URL='http://www.tribalartasia.com/Tribal%20Art%20Asia%20%20Dayak%20Tribe/DAYAK%204/DAYAK%20NEW%20MASK.html']http://www.tribalartasia.com/Tribal Art Asia Dayak Tribe/DAYAK 4/DAYAK NEW MASK.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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