Balinese Gallery
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Choose from 55 pictures in our Balinese collection for your Wall Art or Photo Gift. All professionally made for Quick Shipping.
A Native Market in an Island Paradise, Bali, Dutch East Indies, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
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God Vishnu Riding His Mount, Garuda, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
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In many Balinese villages family rice bins are a major expression of status, often
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A mask used in wayang wong performances of the Hindu epics, especially the Ramayana
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A wayang scroll unwound by the dalang (puppeteer) as he narrates the story, usually
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Wayang shadow puppet of the serpent Antaboga, used in popular all-night performances
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Wayang shadow puppet of an elephant painted with flowers, used in popular all-night performances
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Wayang shadow puppet of Rangda, Queen of witches, used in popular all-night performances
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Women in elaborate costume during the Galungan festival
Women in elaborate costume during the Galungan festival. Ancestral spirits come back to earth for ten days, dwelling in family homes and the temples, to receive offerings and prayers. Offerings are oftenelaborately prescribed combinations of incense (fire), flowers, water, rice paste. Detail. Country of Origin: Indonesia. Culture: Balinese. Date/Period: 1982. Place of Origin: Bali. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive . Location: 13
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Barong Gajah, an elephants head variant of the Barong dance mask
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A mask representing a demon, used in wayang wong performances of the Hindu epics
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The annual purification of ceremonial masks at the temple of holy springs near Sangsit
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A small rice offering decorated by a flower cut from a palm leaf, on the ground near
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Trance is an important path to communion with the spirits in Balinese ritual
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Each Balinese community stages regular performances in which Barong, a mythical lion
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Gunung Batur, one of Balis still active volcanoes, is revered as the home of the celestial gods
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Wooden window panel from a temple, depicting a vase surrounded by cloud scrolls and the rising sun
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Pura Puseh at Desa Sempidi during the Galungan festival
Pura Puseh at Desa Sempidi during the Galungan festival. Ancestral spirits come back to earth for ten days, dwelling in family homes and the temples, to receive offerings and prayers. Offerings are often elaborately prescribed combinations of incense (fire), flowers, water, rice paste and decorative paperwork. Country of Origin: Indonesia. Culture: Balinese. Date/Period: 1982. Place of Origin: Bali. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ . Location: 13
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Tanah Lot, a small temple on a rocky outcrop cut off at high tide, is one of the most spectacular
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The water around the pagoda roofed shrines at the Pura Taman Ayun recalls the primeval
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Shrine to Dewi Danu, the lake goddess, in a pond surrounded by flooded rice fields
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Candi, stone replicas of the cosmic mountain, at Gunung Kawi
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The bale kambang of the royal palace at Klungkung, former capital of Bali
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A Royal mask of the strong and coarse type, used in court wayang wong performances
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A half mask of a pock-marked servant woman, used in wayang wong perform-ances of the Hindu epics
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The origin of the Pura Besakih, the main state temple of Bali, pre-dates the arrival
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A Royal mask of the strong and coarse type, used in court wayang wong performances
A Royal mask of the strong and coarse type, used in court wayang wong performances of the Hindu epics, especially the Ramayana. Wayang wong is still performed but is today less popular than shadow puppet wayang theatre. Royal masks were often carved by kings themselves. Country of Origin: Indonesia. Culture: Balinese. Date/Period: late 19th - 20th C. Place of Origin: Bali. Material Size: Wood, paint, fabric, metal. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/Denpasar Museum, Bali . Location: 09
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Pavilion in the Panataran Sasih temple, housing an ancient sacred drum
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The split gate at Pura Batur, high on the Gunung Batur volcano
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Cloth painting, probably used as curtains beside a temple couch
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In the nineteenth century richly carved and gilded doors were a feature of royal
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Pagoda roofed shrines at the PuraDanu Bratan recall the cosmic mountain Mount Meru
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Pagoda roofed shrines at the Pura Danu Bratan recall the cosmic mountain, a concept
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Wayang shadow puppet of the court attendant Codong, who is always recognisable by her coiffure
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Wayang shadow puppet of Hanuman, monkey hero of the ancient Hindu epic, the Ramayana
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Barong Bangkung, a boars head variant of the Barong dance mask
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The Balinese version of Hinduism has an elaborate calender of festivals associated
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