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Message:: [QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 388944, member: 2844"]It could be either, since the Dutch government tried to take up where it left off before the German occupation of the Netherlands. Slightly ignorant of the fact that the world had changed in the meantime.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />Anyway, the name Dutch East Indies was still used after WWII, until december 1949. Bali did not get as mixed up in all the troubles of the time as for instance Java and Sumatra, and art was still being made at a steady pace. Even though it is not an official Dutch East Indies stamp, which would have been in Dutch, it would indicate pre-1949.It is underneath the little squatting girl, isn't it? I just checked the Frans Leidelmeijer book on Bali Art Deco and it mentions this style as 1930s to 50s. Much of the expertise in his book is based on old Dutch collections. The Dutch were the most important group of collectors in the early days.The girl is very cute, she reminds me of the figure on the left in the Paul Gauguin painting called 'Manao tupapau', the Spirits are Watching.<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Paul_Gauguin-_Manao_tupapau_%28The_Spirit_of_the_Dead_Keep_Watch%29.JPG/1024px-Paul_Gauguin-_Manao_tupapau_%28The_Spirit_of_the_Dead_Keep_Watch%29.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]