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Originally Posted by David
A lovely Balinese figural keris holder. I could be wrong, but i don't think it is all that old. Perhaps post 1970s. But it is attractive and decently carved.
I am not prepared to name this figure , but i will point out that as far as i know the Queen of the South Sea is a Javanese mythology. This, i believe is a Balinese keris holder. I'm not sure that such a cross-over exists. 
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Go to whatever the Hotel Bali Beach calls itself these days, and ask
them. They know who she is, all right
http://www.api.sg/main/index.php?opt...=36&Itemid=105
https://www.balidiscovery.com/messag...ge.asp?Id=9271
I'm rather surprised that anyone would carve her likeness into a keris stand, though, but it might be the sort of thing someone might sell to surfers. Until one's house washes away, of course.