AM E094631 Garuda Nawa Sanga

Title of artwork
AM E094631 Garuda Nawa Sanga
Artist(s)
Ni Made Suciarmi
Locations
Kamasan
Narrative
Adiparwa
Collected in ...
Australian Museum Collection
Catalog Number
E094631
Description
Garuda Nawa Sanga. "the nine-part system (nawasanga), marking out the four compass points and the four intermediate directions around a centre. Each direction correlates with a deity and their respective colours and weapons. The mythical bird Garuda is in the centre, indestructible to the weapons the gods hurl at him, referencing the Adiparwa narrative in which the powerful Garuda defies the gods by stealing the elixir of immortality (amerta) to rescue his mother, a extension of the story following the churning of the ocean by the gods and demons."
Abstracted summary
Formerly in Pura Ibu Dadia Pulesari
Medium of production
Acrylic & ochre on cotton cloth