Haks 191 Naga Basuki Manik Angkeran

Title of artwork
Haks 191 Naga Basuki Manik Angkeran
Date of work
1936
Locations
Batuan
Collected in ...
Kaspar Niehaus Collection
Leo Haks Collection
Kunstzaal van Lier Collection
Whereabouts unknown
Photo credit
Haks Leo
Description
The story of Manik Angkeran, the son of a brahman who was a gambler. He traveled through a tunnel at Kusamba until he came out at Besakih. There he gambled against the serpent Basuki, who burned him up. This conflict led Manik Angkeran's father to split Bali off from Java, which had previously been one land mass. This is the founding of the Besakih temple, which is named after the great serpent (Naga) Basuki, and the story of the origin of the island of Bali.
Abstracted summary
'Het ontstaan van Bali'; Geschiedenis Goenoeng Agoeng'; snake, tiger, birth of Gunung Agung, mountain, dragon; annotations in hand Bonnet: 'Naga Bisoeki met I B Manig Ankeran'. 'Geschiedenis A Goenoeng Agoeng. number; H&M stamp.
Price
€19,000 Haks value
Medium of production
mixed medium on paper
Width (cm)
43.5