AM E093480 Menak

Title of artwork
AM E093480 Menak
Equivalence
AM E093479 Malat: Nawang Rum
Locations
Kamasan
Collected in ...
Olivia & Tom Forge Collection
Australian Museum Collection
Anthony Forge Collection
Catalog Number
E093480
Description
Part of the Menak story, known from the wayang sasak, but rarely presented in Balinese paintings
Abstracted summary
Menak and a horse top, Menak and a parekan with a strange animal bottom: "Canigan lingsar, jalan wong menake mabahan i kalisahan I Umar Maya nuba pangangon blagdbane (Balinese version of an Arabic word, meaning 'ass')
Medium of production
Pigments on cotton cloth [ref reg], on Balinese cotton cloth [ref LC]
Width (cm)
50
Location:
Kamasan
Narrative:
Malat