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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 544719, member: 2844&quot;]I agree, nothing tribal.</p><p>The rooster and the rather problematic goat look like folk art. Could we see more photos of those two?</p><p><br /></p><p>The monkeys have already been identified. They are made in different versions all over the world, mostly as the original three wise monkeys. Yours could have been made somewhere in the West, or for the tourist trade in Thailand.</p><p>The three wise monkeys are believed to have originated in China, but this is the best known historical version, a 17th century carving in Japan:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hear_speak_see_no_evil_toshogu-640x246.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>From this site, with more info:</p><p><a href="https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/01/04/three-wise-monkeys/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/01/04/three-wise-monkeys/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/01/04/three-wise-monkeys/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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