Mah Meri Art Gallery

Mah Meri Art Gallery Mah Meri Art Gallery - a museum like gallery showcases a private collection of wood carvings carved by Mah Meri indigenous people who live in Carey Island.

Mah Meri Art Gallery is a museum-like gallery showcases a private collection of wood carvings carved by Mah Meri indigenous people who lives in Carey Island, Selangor, Malaysia. We have hundreds of masks and statues on display. All of these masks and statues are made out of kind of a red, rare mangrove hardwood from the mahogany family, namely the β€œNyireh Batu” (Xylocarpus moluccensis). Nyireh Bat

u is superior to others because of its smooth texture and dark colour. However due to land excavation and the spread of palm oil plantations in Carey Island, Nyireh Batu is becoming very scarce. Today, due to the difficulty in finding Nyireh Batu, and the extremely long time and painstaking work to carve a sculpture, the number of active sculptors has dwindled to a mere 10. Over the past 300 years, Mah Meri has expressed its beliefs and culture through sculptures carved out of wood. These sculptures are the characters or ancestors from folk stories and the spiritual practices of their daily lives. Strongly animistic, the Mah Meri regards these carvings as a means of communing with the spirits they believe exist in nature. Mah Meri spiritual wood carving is truly world class in the quality of its craft and artistry. Many of their carvings have been awarded the SEAL of Excellence by UNESCO. The beauty of the carvings lies not only in the graceful curves of nyireh batu grains or the sheen of the wood, but also in its simple, yet highly sophisticated design and its cultural significance to the Mah Meri tribe. Welcome to discover these amazing carvings @ Mah Meri Art Gallery!

Old friends from Netherlands. Keep for remembrance. 😊
14/08/2025

Old friends from Netherlands. Keep for remembrance. 😊

Nice anot? 😁😁
28/02/2025

Nice anot? 😁😁

Faster lah! The mask is very heavy! πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†
28/02/2025

Faster lah! The mask is very heavy! πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†

It was like 30 years ago.. When we are still young.. When the woods are available..
26/10/2024

It was like 30 years ago.. When we are still young.. When the woods are available..

Part of my collection
18/10/2024

Part of my collection

28/09/2024

Chinese version. ζ₯δΈͺδΈ­ζ–‡η‰ˆηš„γ€‚
Thank you for creating the video. ζ„Ÿθ°’ Ravi Karupiah εˆΆδ½œηš„θ§†ι’‘γ€‚

24/09/2024

Video credit : Ravi Karupiah

Photos were taken a few decades ago. This is how the mangrove wood was harvested for wood carving purpose by the Mah Mer...
21/09/2024

Photos were taken a few decades ago. This is how the mangrove wood was harvested for wood carving purpose by the Mah Meri people.

09/09/2024

09/09/2024

Address

No 29 & 30, 1st Floor, Main Road, Tanah Rata
Cameron Highlands
39000

Opening Hours

Monday 10:30 - 19:30
Tuesday 10:30 - 19:30
Wednesday 10:30 - 19:30
Thursday 10:30 - 19:30
Friday 10:30 - 19:30
Saturday 10:30 - 19:30
Sunday 10:30 - 19:30

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+60162038601

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