Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Amulet


Old primitive ancestral amulet protection figure, from Sumba, Indonesia.
It's from the 60's.
Used to be worn as a pendant to protect the owner from bad spirits.
I still don't know if I'll wear it or not... I just know it's an awesome little sculpture...
It's about 2.5 " tall.

3 comments:

Gayle said...

so interesting........

Petra Carpreau said...

He's a stunner - I'd have him round my neck any day!!

Air Bohemia said...

That would be awesome sculpted in clay as well for a necklase...too cool!!!

Like the new blog look, we are an everchanging lot of crazies huh!

Hugs...s