Looking for Jelutong wood

[Big Boy]

I have a friend who lives in Ubon Ratchathani, who does a lot of wood carving for a local Buddhist Temple. He is looking for a particular kind of wood called Jelutong, which he describes as, "The nearest equivalent I've found to European Lime wood."

Does anybody have any knowledge of this wood/where he might find some? He doesn't deal in the kind of cut wood that you'd find in a wood merchant - more a fallen tree trunk. He would nornally be looking for a fairly sizeable piece of wood.

Here's an example of the kind of thing he normally works with.

[Big Boy]

If anybody is interested, this is what he found hidden inside that old log.

[PeteC]

I'm trying to figure out that statue. To me it looks like a mix between Buddhism and Christianity.

[VincentD]

Pete, it looks like his interpretation of the goddess Quan Yin.

[hhinner]

Pete, it looks like his interpretation of the goddess Quan Yin.

Doing a Google search on the pic results in mostly Vietnamese Facebook pages. So maybe Vietnamese depiction of Quan The Am (Quan Yin among other spellings).

[pharvey]

Truly zero offence, but IMHO painting natural wood (especially carvings) simply destroys it. You're covering the beauty of the natural grain and the wood itself.

Sorry... <hanging head>

[Big Boy]

It is unusual, but not unheard of painting his carvings.

The caption that accompanies the above carving is:

Kwan Yin/ Gan im at the Forest Temple Khognongsaeng

[caller]

When I first saw it, I thought it was a lady with a golden gun! Strange how the mind works!!

[Big Boy]

LOL - now that you've said it, that is what I see as well.

[STEVE G]

When I first saw it, I thought it was a lady with a golden gun! Strange how the mind works!!

Not Chew Mee?
( She's in The Man with the Golden Gun so don't blame me! )