‘Bar-tailed Gotwit’ is part of Haffendi’s Migratory Objects series, first shown at Richard Koh Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur in 2017, exemplifies this inquiry. Inspired by the commodification of cultural items, particularly masks traded on platforms like Etsy and eBay. Haffendi explores how these objects are displaced, flattened, and abstracted through digital and commercial exchange. The work reflects on authenticity and transformation, likening the global movement of these artefacts to natural processes such as seed dispersal or bird migration. These masks are reimagined as a stylised, deconstructed emblem where its vibrant geometry and layered textures echo the loss, mutation, and reinvention of meaning across borders. Through this series, Haffendi critiques the aesthetics of tourism and the simulacra of cultural identity, positioning his practice at the intersection of material experimentation and conceptual rigour.