Story Of Bali, Indonesia

The way in which he works shows that he is chiefly concerned with aesthetic rather than material values. in this connection it may also be noted that in Atjeli gold is also treated with acid: by a fairly difficult process the gold is given a reddish tone. This craft presumably originates from China. The other striking point is that so few objects are made from solid gold. One reason for this may have been the high cost, but even when the object was designed for religious purposes or to denote wealth or status, and where one would expect to find solid gold used, in fact one generally finds only plate, i.e. an object of wood, brass or silver was coated with a thin layer of gold leaf. .

This is one of the reasons why articles in gold are hardly ever- engraved, as the thin gold leaf cannot be incised deeply.

Precious metals are worked exclusively in those areas where the influence of Hinduism was strongest, that is to say in Java and Bali, southern Celebes, the Malayan coastal districts of Borneo, and in large areas of Sumatra in these districts the inhabitants engaged in sea-borne trade, and they prospered sufficiently to be able to afford precious metals.

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