Indonesian Natural Hardwood Naga Form, Based

It rises from an iron coil like something that has just thought better of the ground.

This natural hardwood naga form comes from Indonesia and is contemporary, in mahogany wood. The naga, a serpent deity of Hindu and Buddhist tradition, has a long presence in Indonesian art. Here a single tapering shaft swells to a broad, rippling, hood-like head, its grain running in pale and honey streaks. The polished surface is entirely smooth. At the foot, the wood meets a dark metal spiral on a round base, and it reaches 78 inches high.

A serpent, or a flower, or a thought. It declines to clarify.