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In Indonesia, too, the working of bone is one of the oldest crafts practiced, but really artistic objects arc comparatively rare. On the island of Timor carved receptacles are known. The carved sections are coloured jet black with a black wax, as in the making of bamboo receptacles. The motifs are stylized figures of animals, such as lizards, millipedes, etc.

If we include in the category of bone the massive horn of the stag, the carved mandau hills (if the Dayaks are amongst the finest objects made of bone. Seen as a whole, they are very strange arrangements of also motifs in high relief and in ajour technique, blended rhythmically.

(If the wooden sheaths arc carved, we usually find repetitive motifs, set off against ornamentation of bead sand plaited rotan in geometrical form)

Of the above-mentioned materials, horn is the one most frequently employed. To work it is by no means a simple matter, and in fact demands great skill. This is why one finds many objects made of horn which are totally devoid of any artistic value. Amongst the Bataks and Achinese in Sumatra, for example, we come across powder horns which retain the original shape of the horn and are frequently ornamented with great artistry.

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