Basket made of split bamboo and bark. The Queen of the South Sea is the central figure in several different stories. Many of the carved figures are the same as the ones found on the traditional betel nut crushers. There are birds like the rooster which symbolizes new life each dawn. All kinds of animals, fish and reptiles like the lizard which symbolizes agricultural fertility.
Some figures are scenes from folktales with ribald humor and sexual connotations and combinations.
The Lombok carvers have a distinctive sinuous style. Often one animal merges into another or contains features from another creature. Some of the human figures crouch like frogs. Monkeys play gongs and drums. We watched one Balinese carver rough out an elephant.