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Old Indonesian Silver Jewlry

Posted by James C Allen on January 24, 2012 at 2:40am

I love this type because when I hold them by their pointy end and then move them from side to side in front of my eyes they look like eels. In fact a number of the oldest forms look strongly like sea creatures when looked at from all sides.

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Harald February 4, 2012 at 4:58pm

Lembata for sure. They look very nice!

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