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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10328157, member: 2844&quot;]Very nice find [USER=9090]@APainter[/USER] , and you were very close with Balinese. It is Javanese. Most Wayang Kulit (buffalo hide Wayang puppet) is Javanese, Bali is only a small island.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, Javanese art may be non-Western but that doesn&#039;t mean it is tribal. Very little non-Western art is tribal, because tribes are small so not many people live in a tribal community. Java, for instance, has been ruled by kings in a very hierarchical society for over 1500 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, it is a Wayang Revolusi piece, depicting the Indonesian army. Officers on horseback are also of the period, because the Indonesian military hadn&#039;t been able to lay their hands on many Jeeps yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>The one you posted is also very nice, because it shows the army being led by mythical characters, a reference to the sacred battles of the ancient Hindu epics.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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