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Message:: [QUOTE="Taupou, post: 266075, member: 45"]I wasn't too clear in my first post.  I should have had an "or" in there..."Dayak, or Sumatra might be a possibility," as in a couple areas to start the search. The way the eyes on the monkey are carved, round and staring without a pupil, surrounded by a carved-in channel, is typical of Dayak images.  As is the "totem pole" form itself.  You find it in Korea, the Pacific Northwest, and Indonesia...and not much anywhere else. I'd agree, it's probably a quickly-made tourist piece, and not of the quality usually associated with fine Dayak art one usually sees in museums and books.  But I think it's most likely Indonesian, as opposed to South Pacific, South American, or African.  With more than a thousand tribal cultures in Indonesia, it might not be possible to narrow it down further.[/QUOTE]