Hand carved wooden mask--wild boar tusk headdress

Product Code:
WCM2
Product Name:
Hand carved wooden mask--wild boar tusk headdress
Artist: Kamuli Pelen
Size: 40cm x 27cm (15.5in x 10.5in)
Weight(g): 1030

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Price: USD$ 203.86
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Product Description

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 a warrior with headdress befitting his status including a shell ornament in the center surrounded by wild boar tusks. 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.

Artist lntroduction

 

 

Kamuli Pelen is a member of the Paiwan tribe from Pingtung County in southern Taiwan. For the past 11 years, he has carved art from driftwood and riverbed stones, mostly based on traditional themes. But, while his source of inspiration is his tribe’s traditions, he prefers to produce works that people can use or appreciate in their daily lives, such as bowls, decorative masks and hair pins. He began his art career as a chef creating fruit carvings, and confesses to having had a hard but colorful life, with his experiences being revealed in the richness of his works.

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