The artist has a deep affection for his tribe, the Paiwan. And, thus, the Paiwan people are one of his favorite subjects. This mask depicts an elderly person with wrinkled forehead and wrinkles around the eyes and lips. The back of the mask is signed “By the artist Pelen” with “Pelen” transliterated into Chinese characters. Keeping with the traditional indigenous spirit of harmony with nature, Kamuli Pelen uses only local wood for his carvings, mostly driftwood he finds along the coast or felled trees or waste lumber from building construction sites. The inspiration for his subject comes from the shape of the wood, and he leaves it in its natural state with all of its imperfections, such as a crack that runs from next to the left eye all the way down through the lips, enhancing the aged look of the face.