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Eave hanging (ider-ider) depicting a gamelan and dancers
Image Not Available for Eave hanging (ider-ider) depicting a gamelan and dancers

Eave hanging (ider-ider) depicting a gamelan and dancers

MediumCotton embroidery on cotton cloth
Dimensions9 5/8 × 170 7/8 inches (24.4 × 434 cm)
CultureBali, Negara
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineAcquired through the George and Mary Rockwell Fund
Terms
  • Textiles
  • Cotton
  • Musicians
  • Gongs
  • Xylophones
  • Drums
  • Dogs
  • Dancers
  • Dance
  • Ceremonies
  • Flowers
  • Cotton cloth
  • Balinese
Object number2007.031.003
Label CopyThis eave hanging shows people listening to a Balinese gamelan (orchestra) with two large suspended metal gongs, two gangsa (xylophones), a kedang (drum), and six small gongs mounted on a trombong (wooden stool). Another section depicts onlookers watching four Balinese women performing a sacred dance (mendet). In another scene a woman and child carry offerings of food to a grandfather during a religious ceremony.
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