The Wooden Sculpture in Central Highlands
The innocence, imbalance, and rusticity of wooden sculpture create a beauty that feels both familiar and mysterious. It’s in the raw, uneven lines, the innocence of the form, the rustic grace that speaks without words. For us, this journey began deep in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, where wooden sculpture is more than art—it’s a vessel of memory, belief, and belonging.
Old man smoking pipe decorated front of the Cơtu communal house
Relief of hunting scene in the Cơtu communal house
Decoration at the Cơtu communal house
Mentioned tree of the Cơtu minority
Wooden tiger on relief
Water bottle gourd statue
Wooden statues decorated at the Jarai tomb
Buffalo at the Cơtu tomb
The H'Re man
Bird lover
The EDe couple
An EDe sculpture artist