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Jatim Beads
The name Jatim is an abbreviation of Java Timor ( East Java ) and was coined as a name for a particular type of beads found in grave-sites in Eas... -
Miss Wallace's coat
Miss Wallace was a customer who had an extraordinary fine taste in art, in particular she loved batik. She was the aunt of one of my patients, J... -
Bidadari
Old Balinese woodcarving of Bidadari Bidadari are the Indonesian evocation of the apsaras from Indian mythology. They are beautiful, supernatural... -
Bronze finial, Khakkhara
This example of a khakkhara is from Central or East Java. Above the handle is a lotus leaf from which spring eight fantastical rhinoceros. In ... -
Loro Blonyo - The inseparable couple
Traditional Javanese terracotta Loro Blonyo Loro Blonyo are a couple, Dewi Sri and her consort Sadono. Loro Blonyo is Javanese literally tra... -
Indo-Pacific beads
The term “Indo-Pacific” was coined by Peter Francis Jr., who defined them as small, drawn, monochrome, glass beads. This is almost identical to ... -
Temple deer, Kidang or Menjangan
The significance of Balinese temple deer, called Kidang or Menjangan. -
Buddha Beads. Natural crystal and glass hexagonal bicones.
Buddha beads, the ancient hexagonal bi-cone bead. -
The mythical winged lion of Bali. Singa Bersayap..
Writing this essay as my knowledge is that of a bule (pronounced bou lay, a term used to indicate a white person or an outsider). Everything in Bal... -
Face beads
Face beads have fascinated bead makers for millennia. We find face beads in many cultures from the Mediterranean to the Far East. When Iook at exa... -
Discovering Majapahit. Article 2. A brief history of the Kingdom
The official history of Majapahit dates from 1293 until 1478. In the west we like to think of events as progressing in a linear manner, but in fact...
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