MOST ALL OF US HAVE THE ABILITY TO CARVE AND DEPICT THE THINGS WE SEE. BUT WITHOUT PRACTICE OR TRAINING WE ARE VERY LIMITED IN HOW WELL WE CAN PORTRAY THE THE THINGS WE SEE SO OTHERS CAN SEE CORRECTLY WHAT WE HAVE SEEN. THIS CARVER HAS SKILL BUT DOES NOT KNOW THE TECKNIQUE TO SUCESSFULLY PORTRAY FOLDED CLOTH, HAIR OR OTHER MORE COMPLICATED DETAIL.
HE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB AND HAS NOT TRYED TO GO ABOVE HIS ABILITY TO CARVE WHICH ALWAYS LEADS TO DISSASATISFACTION WITH ONES WORK AND OFTEN KEEPS THE WORK FROM BEING FINISHED. HE HAS MADE A HEAD COVERING AND CLOTHES VERY SIMPLY JUST SHOWING THEY ARE THERE WITH NO DETAIL ,STYLE ECT. AS THAT WAS BEYOND HIS ABILITY AS A CARVER. HE HAS KEPT ALL OTHER FEATURES RELATIVELY SIMPLE BUT HAS BALANCED HIS FIGURE WELL AND PORTRAYED THE POSITION OF PRAYER OR RESPECTFUL GREETING ALSO. HE COMES FROM A SOCIETY THAT HAS KERIS OR HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO GROUPS WHO DO AND HAS SEEN SOME AND KNOWS THE BOWING POSTURE FROM HAVING SEEN AND BEEN TOLD ITS MEANING. THIS DOSEN'T NARROW THINGS DOWN MUCH AS KERIS CULTURE HAS TRAVELED WIDELY THRU-OUT POLYNESIA AND OCEANIC SOCIETYS, HEAD BANDS ARE ALSO WORN THRU-OUT THOSE SOCIETYS. PEOPLE HAVE ALSO MOVED FROM THOSE ISLANDS TO JAVA AND OTHER MORE MODERN AREAS. ALANS ITEM STRIKES ME AS REPRESENTING A YOUNG MAN WITH RESPECT AND HONOR, A LOT OF FEELING AND PERSONAL EXPRESSION HAS GONE INTO ITS CREATION, I FEEL IT IS THE WORK OF A YOUNG MAN.
THE SECOND HANDLE APPEARS TO REPRESENT AN OLD PRIEST OR WISE MAN AND HAS BEEN CARVED BY A SKILLED CARVER PROBABLY A OLDER PERSON. WHO IT WAS CARVED FOR OR WHY? NO WAY TO KNOW IS THERE ANY PROFESSION OR ORDER WHO WEARS A LONG COWL OVER THE HEAD TO THE GROUND IN BACK?
I HAVE ADDED A SAILOR OR PIRATE PICTURE FOR COLOR.
