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Man of Driftwood 漂流木人
2015
carved driftwood, found concrete fragment with ceramic tiles
33cm (height) x 15cm x 12cm
This is made from a driftwood found by the riverside in the former tin mining town of Sungai Lembing, in the state of Pahang. Sungai Lembing had the largest subterranean tin mine in the world, which belonged to the British Empire. The whole of Sungai Lembing depended and thrived because of this tin mine. Now tin mining is abandoned and so are the tin miners who stayed behind. Old and almost forgotten, they keep hanging on to the memories of their youth.
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