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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4591252, member: 2844&quot;]She is a modern take on a kepeng Dewi Sri. The panel was made fairly recently for export or as souvenir.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dewi Sri is the Javanese Goddess of rice, fertility and abundance. Balinese culture is greatly influenced by Javanese culture, and Dewi Sri is very important on Bali as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kepeng is the Javanese name for Chinese cash coins, which were used as currency in some rural areas of Indonesia. Introduced by Chinese traders.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is one village on Bali where they make Dewi Sri images out of kepengs that are tied together to form the body, with wooden faces, crowns, hands and feet. They are now mostly made as souvenirs.</p><p>The carving of the wood on kepeng Dewis used to be pretty basic, which the carver of your panel has translated into features which look cat-like to some people.</p><p>Dewi Sri is not connected with cats in any way. (I am also a cat lover btw)</p><p><br /></p><p>3x kepeng Dewi Sri:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]407905[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The carver of your panel also used kepeng in the borders.</p><p>The creatures at her feet could be the maker&#039;s interpretation of Makaras, protective mythical creatures. On Bali you often find Makara statues on either side of temple gates.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just wondering, you said you found it, did you buy it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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