Welcome to Timor's Treasures

Are you looking for truly authentic, fair trade, traditional handcrafts from Timor? The type of unique carvings and textiles that are so hard to find nowadays ? Presenting craft so heartfelt and original that both collectors and the curious alike are impressed ?

Visit MY STORE where you can select from Masks made of wood, gourd, coconut shell, fossil coral, buffalo horn & bone scrimshaw. Curios that will make your jaw drop in wonder that such items are available and, sometimes, still being made today by craftsmen skilled in the old ways. Wooden Ancestor figures & totemic guardian spirit Statues, along with high quality Sandalwood Oil and Incense. Organic Kapok Yoga Bolsters, Neck & Lumbar rolls, Meditation & Head cushions, Crescent Zafu along with traditional pandanus grass woven Mats, Bags, Container´s & Baskets.

Timorese Ikat weaving is in a class of its own. Every textile tells its own story and represents a signature piece of the weaver. The combination of colors and motifs vary every 3-5km making the variety available so extensive that documenting the range of textiles that Timor has, would be a lifetime occupation in itself. The weavings are created on simple back strap looms high in the mountains where it is cold and often using handspun cotton and natural dyes.

Ogle at the extensive array of Betel Nut and Lime Powder containers made from bamboo, wood, gourd, coconut shell, buffalo horn & bone scrimshaw, no two are ever the same. There are Betel nut crushers & cutters, grass woven and beaded Betel nut offering containers as well as men´s and women´s Betel Nut bags to keep it all in.

Like Timor´s incredibly intricate Betel Nut paraphernalia and its varied textile tradition I believe Timor is still highly underrated and just now gaining the recognition so richly deserved in the world arena. Through my site and personal contacts I present you with a perfect opportunity to avail yourselves of the real thing and support living artists. Timor is a limestone atoll and life there is not easy, for those outside the towns, but it is accountable and has great cultural depth in ways that we in the west have never known or have forgotten.

My name is Julie Emery, I live in Queensland Australia and I have been a field collector in Timor for the past 19 years. I trade directly with the artists, weavers & mountain people learning about and encouraging cultural integrity. Please be assured that all items are paid for on the spot at prices that, both the Timorese are happy with and that enable me to present to you original works of art and collectables at very realistic market prices. Prices quoted in MY STORE do not include freight. Please email or call for quotes prior to paying. Please wait for an invoice from us. I am happy to combine multiple items to maximize your shipping. You are also welcome to use your own carrier.

You are welcome to contact me through this website, my store, by mail at P.O. Box 482, Yandina 4561 Qld. Australia. You can call me on +61428393412 (international) or 0428 393 412 or 07 54484715 (within Australia).

My store accepts Paypal, Paymate or Moneybookers for International transactions. Within Australia, Money Order, EFT, DD or personal cheque by arrangement. Credit card facilities not yet available.