Jl. Patih Jelantik Kuta: Art & furniture alley

Jl. Majapahit leads into the loop that carries on round into Jl. Legian. This street is Jl.Patih Jelantik and is lined with tribal handicrafts, paintings and furniture. Once before I spotted wooden London telephone boxes, complte with the glass sign at the top. This there was guy busy with his work spread out along the street.

Close I stopped into a shop packed to the rafters with tribal art from Irian Jaya (West Papua). The owner was asleep in the back and I had to wake him up. He couldn’t speak much English, but understood pricing. He was asking 1m rp for a large tribal shield, 700,000rp for a meter long carving of a war canoe with men and 450.000rp for small carved figures. The stuff looked very ‘ethnic’ without the glossy tourist polish that normally get put out. He was also selling 2 large swordfish swords.

If you are interested in that type of stuff the shop is called Irian Jaya Primitive Art Shop.

Jl. Patih Jelantik #175
Kuta

(0361) 755625