Cloth Painting: Palelintangan, a Chart of Days, or Balinese Calendar

2002.17.0020

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Artifact Identification Cloth Painting: Palelintangan, a Chart of Days, or Balinese Calendar   (2002.17.0020)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Art
  4. :
  5. N/A
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 20th century
Culture Balinese Hindu, Indonesian
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 87.8 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 83.1 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) <0.1 cm
Weight 156 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Textile, Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Painting

Research Remarks

Description

Bali’s complex system of multiple calendars determines whether a particular day is favorable for a variety of activities, including weddings, trade, thievery, doctor’s visits, planting rice, and beginning a journey, just to name a few. Important ritual events and major holidays celebrated by Bali’s Hindu population are plotted by the convergence of days between the 210-day calendar (Pawukon) and the lunar calendar (Saka).

Published Description N/A
Bibliography Under Review

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Professor John Garvey.
Reproduction N/A

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