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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9746015, member: 2844"]Wajang/Wayang is a puppet theatre.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Carvings like this one could have been made in East Asia, but they could also be European Orientalism, based on Japanese art.</p><p><br /></p><p>Garnets are not a typical Afghan stone, and the style doesn't strike me as Afghan either.</p><p>I think it is one of those generic ethnic styles which can be found in parts of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The use of garnets makes me think European ethnic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9746015, member: 2844"]Wajang/Wayang is a puppet theatre.;) Carvings like this one could have been made in East Asia, but they could also be European Orientalism, based on Japanese art. Garnets are not a typical Afghan stone, and the style doesn't strike me as Afghan either. I think it is one of those generic ethnic styles which can be found in parts of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The use of garnets makes me think European ethnic.[/QUOTE]
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