Description
Hand carved delicated suar wood Rangda mask.
Rangda in old Javanese and Balinese language means “widow”. Rangda may associated with Durga. Also identified with the Hindu warrior goddess Kali, transformation and protection.
While Rangda is fearsome, she is also considered a protective force in certain parts of Bali. Just like Kali is seen as a benevolent mother goddess of fertility and destruction in Northeastern India in Assam, Tripura. The colors associated with her — white, black and red — are identical with those associated with Kali. Her iconography is similar to that of both Kali and Chamunda, who are closely related.
Rangda was in the legend of Calon Arang. And also the legend of divorced and exiled Javanese queen Mahendradatta. The battle between Barong and Rangda represents the eternal battle between good and evil.
Dimensions: 6″ x 11.5″ x 12″
**The botanical name for Suar wood is Saman Samanea. Also called Monkey Pod or Rain Tree in some countries. These trees are easy recognized by their umbrella canopy.
The tree usually reaches heights of 50 – 80 feet. It is NOT endangered, and fast growing tropical hardwood with crisscrossed interlocking grains. Which makes it not too heavy but extremely strong. People loves this wood because of its great resistant to decay and dry-wood termites.
