Very attractive piece. The suar wood is a warm color which reminds me of redwood. Carved and smoothed to perfection, this is exactly what my shelf needed. Just ordered another suar wood elephant in a different pose from the same artist.
It's a great piece of sculpture. My wife loved it. It's on her shelf over her computer now.
And the gift wrapping was great. It had a little handmade ornament thing on it, and my wife saved that part. It is also on the shelf over her computer.
A wonderful expression of artistic ability of the late Putra Suteja which reminds me of my home area: southeast asia. The essence of our region is captured in this piece for me.
"Benalu was not used in sculptures but only as firewood. But I saw the enormous potential in this wood because of its unique and fascinating shapes — no two pieces are ever identical."
"I agree with Albert Einstein. He said, 'Imagination is more important that knowledge.' This inspires me so much that I'm always thinking about... read more
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