Wood Carvings
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sat 21 Nov 2015 23:57
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Wood Carving by Local Artists,
Noumea
  After our museum visit in the main
building, we walked outside to see the Great Hut. We passed a small area of
greenery in the middle and along the walls enjoyed some local art in deep, rich
colours.
 A shell in more muted tones.
 A carving
lay against the wall, this area is clearly undergoing
a refit.
 Then we saw the
massive Great Hut. The builder said “Bonjour” and got
about more grass selecting, as we had watched him do from the
window.
  This will be
amazing when finished. The all-important carving at the top
of the main post, we had read of their
importance. The finials around the top reminded us of the thatcher's of Devon
leaving their trademark finials such as: cat, fox, bird or rabbit to name just
four, here they are somewhat different but you know what I mean. The grass sides we are not entirely sure what they
will look like when finished but judging by the care the builder is taking we
feel sure it will look incredible.
 We saw a small building, went in and
found a temporary display of life-size or bigger
carvings. The room smelt of newly cut wood, sadly, all the writing was in
French but we made out that all these statues had been carved by local
artisans.
  Just inside the door was the old infirmary gate, this made for a very different way
to look through to the carvings.
 View from the back
of the room.
 I was very taken with this piece, very
traditional.
  Of course he
did..........
    Very different.
ALL IN ALL QUITE
SOMETHING
TREE CARVING IN A NEW
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