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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9561999, member: 2844"]She is a very beautiful carving of a female Djanger (Janger) dancer. Great quality. Style and period are Bali Art Deco.</p><p>She is art, and much better quality than what is referred to as "tourist art".</p><p><br /></p><p>No significance at all, some people have a dimple there.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> The sitter probably did too.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be very painful to have your earplugs supporting a headdress. So no support, the plugs and the dance crown are separate. You can see the side locks of her hair in between the plugs and the crown, so the plugs and the crown don't even touch.</p><p>The dance crown is held in position by the ribbon at the back.</p><p>The rosette is actually a flower. Balinese women and girls often wear fresh flowers in their hair.</p><p><br /></p><p>!930s-40s, probably a bit later in the period.</p><p><br /></p><p>She is a Djanger dancer. Djanger (janger) means something like infatuation.</p><p>The Djanger dance is a village dance for young people. It was inspired by a Malaysian dance group that toured Indonesia in the 1930s.</p><p>The girls sit in a row on the ground, and the boys sit in a row opposite the girls. The dance consists of arm and body movements, while they are all seated. In old photos you see the kids laughing and flirting with each other.</p><p><br /></p><p>She is not in ceremonial attire, Djanger was never a ceremony or sacred dance. It was just a lot of fun for young village people, especially at harvest time, after working in the fields all day.</p><p>The dance was only fashionable for a few years, but it was revived in the late 20th century for tourism.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9561999, member: 2844"]She is a very beautiful carving of a female Djanger (Janger) dancer. Great quality. Style and period are Bali Art Deco. She is art, and much better quality than what is referred to as "tourist art". No significance at all, some people have a dimple there.;) The sitter probably did too. It would be very painful to have your earplugs supporting a headdress. So no support, the plugs and the dance crown are separate. You can see the side locks of her hair in between the plugs and the crown, so the plugs and the crown don't even touch. The dance crown is held in position by the ribbon at the back. The rosette is actually a flower. Balinese women and girls often wear fresh flowers in their hair. !930s-40s, probably a bit later in the period. She is a Djanger dancer. Djanger (janger) means something like infatuation. The Djanger dance is a village dance for young people. It was inspired by a Malaysian dance group that toured Indonesia in the 1930s. The girls sit in a row on the ground, and the boys sit in a row opposite the girls. The dance consists of arm and body movements, while they are all seated. In old photos you see the kids laughing and flirting with each other. She is not in ceremonial attire, Djanger was never a ceremony or sacred dance. It was just a lot of fun for young village people, especially at harvest time, after working in the fields all day. The dance was only fashionable for a few years, but it was revived in the late 20th century for tourism.[/QUOTE]
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