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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 428705, member: 2844&quot;]Oh dear, Gian, you are really seeing what you want to see. And you want us to agree that you have something Hindu or tribal.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see nothing similar to yours, other than that it is a woodcarving.</p><p>The description is wrong, by the way, that is not Shiva but Sarasvati, the Goddess of music and of the vibration that created the universe. The peacock is her mount.</p><p>I don&#039;t mind ignorance on Hindu Gods and Goddesses, and there are so many of them it is easy to get confused, but why, oh why, did the person who posted the picture on Alamy miss her obvious breasts?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sarasvati has a vina in her hands, an Indian string instrument which is the symbol of her music:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcQQF3EKoCQ1VFx1B8fPk-3SIqDNrgNXHFk93VPra2WXswOyFqd1&amp;sp=be14a16a8fe4a5e3ccd94fce32882fdb&amp;anticache=421774" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The resonator on the back is a later development, not always found in Hindu iconography.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t see a bindi on her forehead?:</p><p><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/cwr7N0/Dsc01729.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Have you researched European folk carving yet? Not as &#039;exotic&#039; for Westerners, but much more rare, and much more likely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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