Timor Mask in Carved Wood

The natural wooden mask is a ritualistic element of Timorese culture, present in cultural practices of animism and for ancestor worship. This, which today materializes in interior decoration as a very rich wall art, has been present for immemorial times in the aboriginal culture of Timor.

Traditionally, handmade masks were carved in wood and adorned with carved graphics or the figure of ancestors to be used in dances and important ceremonies such as, for example, the commemoration of military achievements and homage to ancestors.

Today's Timorese artists, however, draw on this island cultural heritage to create exclusive and more stylized pieces, aesthetically designed for wall decoration, that is, to unite the essence of Timorese art with the concepts of interior design.

Bringing a work of great expressiveness to the decoration like this wall mask from Timor is a genuine way to include the Aboriginal ancestral essence in the environment.