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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 350079, member: 2844&quot;]I have always loved miniatures as well. In Dutch museums I <u>have</u> to see the antique doll&#039;s houses.</p><p>Some of my miniatures/scale models, the first one has been in the family for many generations. It is a model of a 17th century Dutch &#039;toogkast&#039; or &#039;Utrechtse kast&#039;. The minor repairs are on my to do list:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]118551[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A ca 1900 model of a traditional Batak house from Sumatra, Indonesia:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]118552[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A chance discovery of a miniature Balinese keris holder, the only one I have ever seen. The full size ones stood at the entrances to Balinese house compounds, so visitors could leave their keris at the gate. This one depicts Hindu monkey God Hanuman, a popular protector.</p><p>The miniature keris is rare, but of a well documented type, the healing keris:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]118553[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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