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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 342202, member: 2844&quot;]It is a gorgeous carving, John, I can see why you bought it.</p><p>I don&#039;t see any Balinese connection, and we have Balinese carvings in every room of the house.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I&#039;ve seen that kind of decoration and dull lacquer-like paint before. India, Rajasthan maybe? Maybe it&#039;ll come back to me.</p><p>It looks like a mythical creature, it has dog-like paws, and the horns are turned back to front. Balinese Nandi carvings always have hooves. Nandi is the heavenly brahmin bull, mount of Shiva.</p><p><br /></p><p>Balinese winged carvings were made with big, slightly outstretched, detachable wings like my Garuda:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]115297[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The wings are big to emphasize the heavenly nature of the creature. They are always like bird wings (just like angels), except for some Nagas. The wings on your carving resemble bat or reptile wings.</p><p>Detachable wing of the Garuda, you shove it into the slot next to the elbow:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]115296[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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