AMNH 70.2/1107 Adiparwa: Mythological scenes

Depicts the story of king Janamejaya from the beginning of the Adiparwa. This painting is a continuation of AMNH 70.2/1121, and shows the king marching off to war after receiving the blessing and ritual aid of the priests. The next story from the Adiparwa, of the novices and their service to the hermitage, then begins. These two ider-ider are identical in content to one presently used in the Pura (temple) of Bale Batur in Kamasan. The present-day Pura Bale paintings were executed in 1918. The style of the two in the McPhee collection is very similar to one of the Siwaratrikalpa story now in Leiden, which was executed in 1818. Thus there is a strong possibility that these two ider-ider also date from around that time, and that they were replaced about 100 years after their initial creation. They are works of the highest quality.