B514 Ritual: Melaspas empelan at rice-field dam altar with cockfight.

Title of artwork
B514 Ritual: Melaspas empelan at rice-field dam altar with cockfight.
Date of work
January 22, 1938
Artist(s)
Ida Bagus Made Tibah
Locations
Painted at > Batuan
Collected in ...
Is currently collected in > Private Collection, Los Angeles
Exhibition Marker
Was exhibited in > MoMA Bali exhibition
Catalog Number
B 514
Accession Number
43.939
Description
COCKFIGHT; CONFLICT; TIPPED-UP; DEPTH; MOUNTAIN; FOOD; COMMERCE; WOMAN BEARING; MINI-ALTAR; WATER; EXTERIOR; BONNET-TURNED; VILLAGESCAPE; FOLIAGE-FILL
Abstracted summary
Cockfight: sitting man and a cock in middle of cockfighting square; an-other cock at edge of square pecks at wing; people sit around betting; paddies at top of picture; food vendors across center.
Medium of production
ink on paper
Height (inches)
20
20