B519 Ritual: for a man who fell from a tree.

Title of artwork
B519 Ritual: for a man who fell from a tree.
Date of work
February 28, 1938
Artist(s)
Ida Bagus Made Tibah
Locations
Batuan
Collected in ...
Bateson and Mead Collection
Private Collection, Los Angeles
Catalog Number
B 519
Photo credit
The Photographer Princeton
Description
WOMAN BEARING; BONNET-TURNED; INTERIOR; MOTHER AND CHILD; CARE; NIEUW-SEATED; OFFERING; CLIMB; FOLIAGE-FILL; DIAGONAL; REGISTERS;
Abstracted summary
Lower right, pavilion, child suckling, woman pulled by man pulled by an-other man, child holds on to waist of woman's skirt; lower left, party sit around woven mat, man with raised stick; top, fallen figure and worriers.
Extended description
Picture by Ida Bagus Made Tibah\n(written on the back, in Balinese but in Latin letters, in an unknown hand)\nAnak oeloeng ngalap njoeh soeba teked beten lantas kelangkain ping tiga malih kasiam antoek toja, sasoebane' eling raris kaoelapin, karjanin banten pangoelap ring sanggah oerip koesan kaoelapin sanggah hoerip poenika kebangta boedal kagenakan doer merem.\nTRANSLATION:\nA person falls while picking coconuts. When he is found at the foot of the tree, someone steps across his body three times, and then sprinkles water on him. After he comes to, a ceremony of ngulapin• (kaulapin•) is done for him with the offering called sanggah urip•. After the ngulapin• ritual, the sanggah urip• is taken home and placed above his sleeping place.\n
Medium of production
ink on paper
Height (inches)
19.75
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