Eave hanging (ider-ider) with scenes from the Baratayuda (Great Battle) from the Mahabharata
Item
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Title
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Eave hanging (ider-ider) with scenes from the Baratayuda (Great Battle) from the Mahabharata
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Creator
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Unidentified artist
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Subject
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Story cloth
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Date
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18th-early 19th century
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Culture
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Balinese
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Medium
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Ink and pigments on handwoven cotton cloth
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Format
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39 3/8 × 276 3/4 inches (100 × 703 cm)
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Description
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This work, also known as an ider-ider is an eave hanging that was on display in the 102 West Avenue location that served SEAP and the Cornell Modern Indonesia Project. This handspun textile would originally have been hung near the ceiling of a Balinese temple and visually narrates key scenes from the Mahabharata in a progressive and circular manner.
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Provenance
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Donated originally by Claire Holt and Ben Anderson and transferred from the Echols Collection at Cornell University's Kroch Library
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Rights
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Collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. Coll. no. 2007.033
