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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4298477, member: 2844&quot;]You&#039;re welcome, anytime, Marco.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Batuan, a well-known artist&#039;s village in Bali.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> Batuan is best known for paintings in grey tones with gold highlights, but there are carvers as well.</p><p>Nearly all inhabitants of Batuan are of the Brahmin (priestly) caste, which is why most of their art is religious.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yours doesn&#039;t have the tortoise. Believe me, you would have noticed.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It is generally described as a turtle, btw. It&#039;s name is Bedawang Nala, the cosmic turtle. Bedawang was created by Antaboga (the Naga/snake) to support the world. He usually carries two Nagas on his back, with between them the lid of the underworld. When Bedawang moves, you get an earthquake.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some Native American myths also feature a turtle that carries the world, which is why Native Americans sometimes call America &#039;Turtle Island&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dewi Sri on Bedawang Nala, the usual two Nagas by her side and coiling around Bedawang&#039;s head and feet:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/stcapi/service/ngacd/asset/preview?contentInfo=/2016/3/22/20/37/2bacec9d-7bfc-4a47-9e28-5a86e824fb01.bin" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/object?uniqueId=250271" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/object?uniqueId=250271" rel="nofollow">https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/object?uniqueId=250271</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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