Welcome to discover these amazing carving @ Mah Meri Art Gallery !
Mah Meri Art Gallery is a museum-like
gallery showcases a private collection of wood carvings carved by Mah Meri
indigenous people,
who lives in Carey Island, Selangor, Malaysia.
This gallery
consists of a lot of big masks & statues carved by the Mah Meri tribe, the aboriginal
people living in Malaysia. I am a Malaysian and I have never seen such a huge
collection before, not even in our National museum. Perfect craftmanship. Can
see how skillful the carvers are. I was told that these carvings have been
awarded the Seal of Excellence by UNESCO.
All carvings
are well arranged/displayed. The whole gallery looks like a museum! All in all,
a wonderful and amazing collection. Highly recommended to pay a visit if you
are in Cameron Highlands. If you love Art, you should never missed this. The
owner is selling some of the smaller carvings too, but of course, not those in
display cases.
Fantastic collection of indigenous wood art, intricately carved by hand using only a chisel & mallet. Will become lost art, as a result of over-development and loss of skills between generations. Should be far wider known that it currently is, good luck with this project, I hope it becomes more widely supported. Worth making the effort to seeking this out if you're in the area.
Comment by – Jennifer Stewart
Add : Mah Meri Art Gallery,
No 29 & 30, 1st Floor,
Main Road, 39000 Tanah Rata,
Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia.
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The Mah Meri
will wear this intricately-carved masks to perform the historic Main Jo-oh
dance for the annual Hari Moyang festival ones year in their village!
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