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7th May 2024, 09:33 PM | #1 |
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Motifs I do have high interest in, woods not so much. This is perhaps due to my principal interest being in Jawa & Bali, & Jawa has used imported woods for many years and until the present. Knowing the tree that wood comes from does not contribute to the knowledge of the item in a socio-cultural context, unless it is a local wood that does have some esoteric aspect associated with it.
The overarching principle is that it is the overall impression created by the appearance & the way in which the material has been worked that does count. |
8th May 2024, 08:20 PM | #2 |
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8th May 2024, 08:23 PM | #3 |
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One of the best paradigms is for example hippo ivory, used overall in SEA but not found there.
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