EditorialKerta Gosa Courthouse. Paintings of the ceiling depicting the punishments that await a law-breaker in the hell. Wayang style. Detail. 18th century. Klungkung. Island of Bali. Indonesia.
EditorialSquare, Medium: silk Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave, Silk square in black, dark blue, brown, and cream-white. Shows four 'wayang' figures facing diagonally toward center, one of which has a different pattern on his sarong. Outer bo...
EditorialShadow puppet (wayang kulit), Wood, painted and gilded leather, Female figure with elaborate coiffure extending down to shoulders, bracelets on wrists and ornaments on upper arms. Painted with red and blue, faded., Indonesia, 19th century, toys & games...
EditorialKamben geringsing (ceremonial cloth), Medium: cotton Technique: tied resist patterning in warp and weft (double ikat) on plain weave Label: cotton with tied resist patterning in warp and weft (double ikat), Cotton textile created in the double ikat or ...
EditorialSquare, Medium: cotton Technique: wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave, Cotton square, possibly a head cloth (kain kepala), showing a 'wayang' figure (a puppet acting out the heroic poem of the Mahabharata, describing the battle between Rama, God-h...
EditorialKerta Gosa Courthouse. Paintings of the ceiling depicting the punishments that await a law-breaker in the hell. Wayang style. Detail. 18th century. Klungkung. Island of Bali. Indonesia.
EditorialZodiac cup, Bronze Zodiac cup. Decorated on the outside with two rows of twelve designs. The bottom row consists of the twelve symbols of the zodiac. The top row consists of eleven wayang figures and a bird., anonymous, Indonesia, 1357, bronze (metal),...
EditorialShoulder cloth Geringsing wayang kebo, Ceremonial cloth for women of very high descent, decorated with wayang figures. The figures at the end of the four points of the black middle figure are stylized scorpions., anonymous, Bali, 1800 - 1899, cotton (t...
EditorialKerta Gosa Courthouse. Paintings of the ceiling depicting the punishments that await a law-breaker in the hell. Wayang style. Detail. 18th century. Klungkung. Island of Bali. Indonesia.