B145 Ritual: royal wedding procession. (The picture filmed while being made.)

Title of artwork
B145 Ritual: royal wedding procession. (The picture filmed while being made.)
Date of work
October 3, 1937
Artist(s)
Ida Bagus Made Jatasura
Locations
Batuan
Collected in ...
Bateson and Mead Collection
Private Collection, Los Angeles
Catalog Number
B 145
Photo credit
The Photographer Princeton
Description
PROCESSION; WOMAN BEARING; EXTERIOR; WALLS TWISTING; RIDING; BONNET-TURNED; UNFINISHED
Abstracted summary
Unfinished. Bottom. row of women with offerings. R: woman carried in palanquin. Top: man on horse. Foliage.
Extended description
WEDDING PROCESSION by Ida Bagus Madé Djatasoera\nWRITTEN IN BATESON'S HANDWRITING ON BACK OF PICTURE:\nIncomeplete (made during filming) 3-7, Oct. 1937\nanak ngantén\nHe says the figures are too big. Cine and Leicas of Artist at work on this picture. But he put it aside unfinished saying that it tan nyak. A month later we asked him about it and he brought it. We suggested he should use it in constructing another -- but he said he did not like to have it in house.\n
Medium of production
ink on paper
Height (inches)
18.75
13.5