Hand Crafted Wooden Dragon

This heavy wood carved Dragon with bulging eyes is 8 inch High & 8 inch wide.It is not in great condition. Any help on it's meaning age or orig in would be very helpful
Thanks

 

Might be Garuda from Bali. @Any Jewelry

 

Garuda is close but no cigar and yes, it is Indonesian, probably from Bali.
It has four legs, more like Barong. Barong is a mythical creature, Lord of the forest animals. Barong can take many shapes, but his favourite is the lion. You will have to use your imagination a bit.

Very nice carving, but he has lost some of his wing feathers.
Is the base a container, does it open?
And could we see more of the body, please? Still not sure it is Barong.

 

Thirty+ years ago I worked a bit with a couple who imported from Bali. They would spend several months a year there and then what they bought would start showing up. I don't remember much but their house was filled with fab stuff!

 

Thanks, Steve, I actually meant more photos of the body of the Barong itself. But it does look like Barong. Is he holding something in his right paw, or is that just the photo?

 

DOES look like it opens up..............!

 

That's what I thought.

 

I can't find anything that opens
Where should i look ?

 

It looks like the rounded base is a container, and the animal is on the lid, but we could be wrong.
This horizontal line looks like the separation between the two, where it opens: