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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 356452, member: 2844&quot;]It is gorgeous, kyra. It is Balinese.</p><p>There is a tiny chance it is Lombok Balinese, Lombok was once a Balinese colony and still has a Balinese minority. But Bali Balinese is much more likely.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=3974]@aaroncab[/USER] was observant as always.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> It depicts a scene from the Hindu epic Ramayana, where Monkey God Hanuman fights off the divine snake Naga, who is testing if he is strong enough to fulfill his task of rescuing the lovely Sita from the clutches of demon king Ravanna.</p><p>It looks like deer antler, as Bronwen said, stained, my guess is mid 20th century, possibly a little later.</p><p>Are you sure it is a keris hilt? The base isn&#039;t rounded. Does it have a hole in the bottom big enough to put a knitting needle 7cm or more inside?</p><p>Either way, I&#039;ll send you a message. (drum roll<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a Rangda hilt (she is also in the other thread), Lombok Balinese. Her face is covered by her hair. She is carved from coffee wood by the so-called &#039;Master Carver of Lombok&#039;, and has an attached silver hilt cup:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]121434[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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