File:Traded to Toraja people, Sulawesi, Indonesia - Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom (mawa or ma'a) - Google Art Project (717267).jpg

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Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom [mawa or ma'a]   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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traded to Toraja people, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom [mawa or ma'a]
title QS:P1476,en:"Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom [mawa or ma'a]"
label QS:Len,"Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom [mawa or ma'a]"
Object type Textile,handspun cotton, natural dyes, mordants
Description

This cloth depicts the final chaotic battle scene from the great Hindu epic, the Ramayana. In the centre, the large figures of the main protagonists — Rama, an incarnation of the god Vishnu and the hero of the tale, and the ten-headed demon king Ravana — confront one another. Their embattled soldiers struggle amid flying arrows and severed limbs. Rama’s main supporters — his brother Lakshmana and Hanuman, the leader of the monkey army — appear behind him on the viewer’s right. Rama wields the celestial bow and arrow with which he eventually defeats Ravana.

The Ramayana is extremely popular in Southeast Asia, with scenes from the Indian epic appearing in many art forms. Large narrative cloths such as this were prized in Hindu Bali and also by the animist Toraja people of Sulawesi. (copied from museum text)
Date 18th century
Dimensions height: 1,060 mm (41.73 in); width: 4,870 mm (15.97 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,1060U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,4870U174789
institution QS:P195,Q795228
Accession number
155655
Object history from Coromandel coast, India
Notes More info at museum site
Source/Photographer WgGXQ-rHky7jew at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level

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