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| Keywords: Traded to Toraja people, Sulawesi, Indonesia - Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom (mawa or ma'a) - Google Art Project (717267).jpg 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 from Coromandel coast India Sulawesi Indonesia 714375 traded to Toraja people /collection/national-gallery-of-australia-canberra/artwork/ceremonial-cloth-and-sacred-heirloom-mawa-or-maa-traded-to-toraja-people-sulawesi-indonesia/717267/ traded to Toraja people Sulawesi Indonesia /artist/toraja-people-sulawesi-indonesia/4128618/ 4128618 /collection/national-gallery-of-australia-canberra/ National Gallery of Australia Canberra 388004 http //nga gov au/ 1/20/2012 7 05 07 PM /collection/national-gallery-of-australia-canberra/artwork/ceremonial-cloth-and-sacred-heirloom-mawa-or-maa-traded-to-toraja-people-sulawesi-indonesia/717267/ 1700 18th century 1060 717267 True 1799 3/24/2012 9 40 28 AM 155655 http //artsearch nga gov au/Detail cfm IRN 155655 http //nga gov au/Collection/Copyright cfm National Gallery of Australia Gift of Michael and Mary Abbott 1991 Textile handspun cotton natural dyes mordants 1700 1800 Coromandel Coast India w4870 x h1060 cm 18th century False 2 43809523809524 Object ceremonial-cloth-and-sacred-heirloom-mawa-or-maa-traded-to-toraja-people-sulawesi-indonesia Ceremonial cloth and sacred heirloom mawa or ma'a c 4870 special url_id WgGXQ-rHky7jew PD-old-100 Google Art Project works by unknown artist Toraja Toraja Collections of the National Gallery of Australia Ramayana in folk art Coromandel Coast | ||||
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