B078 Sorcery: witches (leyak) carrying off babies. One is giving baby's intes-tines to a dog to eat. Episode from Aji Darma story. Aji Darma is the dog.

Title of artwork
B078 Sorcery: witches (leyak) carrying off babies. One is giving baby's intes-tines to a dog to eat. Episode from Aji Darma story. Aji Darma is the dog.
Date of work
February 10, 1938
Artist(s)
I Dewa Ketut Baru
Locations
Batuan
Narrative
Aji Darma
Calon Arang
Tantri
Collected in ...
Bateson and Mead Collection
Private Collection, Los Angeles
Catalog Number
B 78
Photo credit
The Photographer Princeton
Description
FIRE; BLACK-FILL; RANGDA; CONFLICT; BABY ? or MAN; BONNET-TURNED
Abstracted summary
Two demons, right one standing, left one kneeling on left knee, hold human victims; right witch holds out strips (entrails of child?) to leaping dog. Witches wear checkered skirts, flame shoots out from heads.
Medium of production
ink on paper
Height (inches)
9.5
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