Atoni West Timorese Small Fossilized Coral Mask girl with cat And who/which is Esnath

And who/which is Esnath

but here one is

but I believe it likely dates to the late 1820s-early 1830s as do the others

of creating charcoal drawings on paper coated with marble dust

Atoni West Timorese Small Fossilized Coral Mask girl with cat And who/which is EsnathThis small carving is made of ancient fossilized brain coral (Symphillia, formed in the Miocene era 6 10 million years ago), and comes from the Atoni culture (also known as the Atoin Meto, Atoin Pah Meto, and Dawan) of Indonesian West Timor. As I understand it, masks like this were traditionally thought to contain the spirit of ancestors, and were kept inside the house to provide protective spirits for the home. (Relatedly, there is some really