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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 182448, member: 2844&quot;]Gorgeous panel. </p><p>This is classic Jepara woodcarving from Java, Indonesia (not Bali!). Jepara is on the north coast of Java.</p><p>The headdresses/crowns are typically Javanese, and Ramayana is still one of the most popular stories in Java, even though they are nominally Muslim now. </p><p>Javanese art has been influenced by southern Indian art through thousands of years of trade contact.</p><p>The panel does need oil, but Watco Danish oil also has some varnish in it. I always use a simple vegetable oil on my Jepara pieces. It will also enhance the colour and smoothen the texture, but in a more gentle way. May need a few applications to get rid of the rawness of the wood.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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