Wood and Kea (coconut shell)

Carving or in a local language called “Weti Nggeri” is an activity to create something become an artistic thing. In Ende Region, The craft men are rare, because this activity only done by certain people who wave mosalaki descent line.
Local inhabitants (Ende-Lio ethnic) believed if thr artwork carved by right person, however, it would have magic. The material things that used in carving such as:
a) Wood : Kind of woods ussually used for carving; jackfruit, wowo, wula, keta, wege, isi tana, or keli. In carving, each of these woods has symbols and meaning, thus motif and design.

 Adat House / Traditional house :
Some adat house components that carved are Lata Mbewa and Toko Pene, Dube Dalo, Wisu Tenda, Wisu Dari, Sabhe Tenda, Benga Toko and Kaju Ndawa. Kind of carving objects on adat house / traditional house such as: jara (horse); susu(breast); Nggo (gong); Nipa (snake); Degi (lizard); naga (dragon) and bas relief appearing in ikat weaving motif
 Anadeo
Adat statue of naked man or women on standing position with handfaced to front and the palm of handopened to upward. To carve anadeo statue, the carve is usually done in hiding place without any clothes and took the figure as the carving object from mosalaki descent. 
 Keda
Bisades anadeo statue, almost the frames of keda are equipped by the carving of reptiles and some sacred animals
 Tubu Saga
A sacred place for offering food to ancestor spirit, made from wege wood have the circle from and equipped by the carving object ofsnake or another reptiles.
 Bhaku
Smal building around Tubu Kanga used forlay away the case of bone/human corpse from heroes who stuggled at war.Bhaku built by using four masts and equipped by the carving object of snake or another reptiles. The front part of it built like Lata Mbewaand roofed by palm fiber or crossbeam
 Sa’O Bapu
Small house buil by using only one mast from jackfruit barkequipped by the carving object of snake or another reptiles, stairs, and roofed by palm fiber or crossbeam. Sa”O Bapu usually used for put offering food for spirit.
 Jara Angi
The basic building of Jara Angi shaped like ahorse, built only used one mast and roofed by palm fiber. On horse corpse carved with bas-relief of Semba (Shawl) and on its mats carved with snake or another reptiles. Jara Angi functions as a place for offering food for spirit.


 Soku
Small house built by used four masts and on its mats carved with sedhe.On the door mast carved too with the motif of ikat weaving.
 Mbaku

Rectangular shield where on top of it carved with human skull and on its surface carved with two snakes or dragon or another reptiles.

b) Ke’a ( Coconut shell )
Coconut tree has many functions such as; bark for make music tools of nggo wani / Lamba and drum; leaves for decoration. Beside all mentioned above, people also used coconut shell for carving.

 Ke,a Hai
Two pieces of coconut shell put up side down tied with rattan/rope made like cup and on up and down side carved with small scratch. Ke’a hai used for eating / plate.
 Kea Lima
Flat coconut shell take from its bottom and peforated round on up of it and on side of it carved with small scratch. It used for drinking/glass.
 Kea Siri
Kind of bowl functions as glass (to drink moke / arrack) on measurement tools. In Nualolo-Ndona, there is existed Kea sirl from human skull.
 Labhi
Kind of spoon carved serration on its handle and usually used for eating.
 Gabhe
Big spoon From coconut shell and its handle made from word or bamboo and tield with rope/rattan.
 Kedi
Kedi made from coconut shell and function to scrap coconut fruit