Dayak Bahau Coyote Mask and Dragons
Technique: black ink, red ink, black pen, red pen on paper.
Size: 17'' x 23,50''

Indonesia, 2005 - Los Angeles, 2006-2007.

Bahau as one of more than many Dayak tribes in Kalimantan (Borneo) cultures always using different masks as very well carved and painted during festivals to reunite the rice spirits with the growing of rice.
Like other Dayak tribes, the Dayak Bahau who normally and mostly live in East kalimantan island (Borneo) don't leave the rainy season in the end of every year. They start the rain with powerful all night dance invoking the spirits of their jungle world. This black, red and white mask (Hudok) represent the spirits that bring the water and protect the young rice shoots from malevolent beings that cause sickness and lack of growth.
I mixed this image of mask with 3 dragons as the guardians and the spirits of warriors which normally always used as one of symbol or visual elements by all Dayak tribes in their culture.