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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 915822, member: 2844&quot;]The androgynous figure has a round &#039;outgrowth&#039; on its head. You often see that on antique Madonnas with baby Jesus, so a silver or gold crown could be put on their heads.</p><p>So I think it is a Jesus who once sat on the arm of a folk Madonna. His hands would have held an orb and a sceptre. Maybe made in Goa or the Philippines?</p><p>The former owner must have been extremely anti-Catholic to go so far as to impale an innocent child. Some people.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The figure with the rifle looks kind of Indian. Maybe the hat is meant to be a pakol or Afghan hat, and he was made in Afghanistan or Pakistan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dutch Madonna with round &#039;thing&#039; on her head for a precious metal crown, she would have had a precious metal sceptre as well:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://flehite.adlibhosting.com/wwwopacx/wwwopac.ashx?command=getcontent&amp;server=images&amp;value=Ha%20III%2010.jpg&amp;width=400&amp;height=400" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dutch silver crowns for Madonna (left) and child (right):</p><p><img src="http://wiki.gzu-online.com/library/wiki/P1060044.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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