Bone Carving Eagles Wing

The power of multiple feathers are captured in this carving of an Eagle wing, which includes small body feathers, longer adjacent feathers, and sweeping flight feathers. All are intricately carved, and together they convey the power and mystery of natural flight. Hand carved in the village of Tampaksiring, Bali.

All of our bone products are carved from cow bone, or in Bali known as water buffalo. In Indonesia, as in other tropical lands, the water buffalo is critical to farmers: it provides milk, it is a "living tractor” that plows rice paddies, and is prized by families. When a water buffalo dies, no part of it is wasted: in addition to providing beef to the family, the bones are cured and then carved by talented craft artists. The delicacy of this work reflects difficult hand skills that are passed from generation to generation. 

Approximately 4" L x 1.5" W