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Carved with sublime detail, this sculpture by the family of the late Indonesian artisan Putra Suteja will never cease telling the stories of Hindu mythology. An Anantaboga dragon circles this coconut sculpture, while Ganesha presides at the top center. Ganesha is one of the most popular deities in the Hindu pantheon. With the four arms he holds his own broken tusk in his lower-right hand and holds a delicacy, which he samples with his trunk, in his lower-left hand. His upper left hand holds an axe and his upper right arm holds a noose. The word Anantaboga is derived from the Sanskrit term ananta (endless) and boga (food, possession or wealth). As a result, Antaboga could be translated as "endless food" or "endless wealth". This sculpture comes with a detachable albesia wood base.

According to Hindu belief, Ganesha is the son of Siwa and Durga, two powerful deities. Though human in form, he possesses the head of an elephant and is regarded as the Lord of Knowledge. He sits in a leafy forest in this sculpture from Eka, who keeps alive the artisan heritage of her late husband, Putra Suteja. Beautiful and original, the sculpture stands on an albesia wood base.

Please note size and coloring may differ as the artist works with natural coconut shell.

A family of elephants roams the land in search of water and food, or maybe something more. The intelligence of the elephant is so profound that there may be an existential reason for their plodding. They are, after all, one of the only animals besides humans to mourn the dead and even perform rituals for their passed on brethren, akin to funerals we hold for fellow humans. Balinese artisan Komang Sri celebrates the pachyderm with this set of four ornaments, hand-carved from coconut shell and painted with golden details.

Balinese artisan Komang Sri celebrates the magnificence of elephants with this set of four ornaments. Hand-carved from coconut shells, each elephant is painted with an exquisite golden floral motif on a natural brown background.

Pop your favorite flowers in this charming hanging planter and watch as they sway in the breeze. Designed by Sindhu Nata, the planter is hand crafted by Balinese artisans, who engrave a coconut shell with an openwork elephant motif. Equipped with agel grass cord, the planter is ready to hang.