Location:
Mezzanin: Fascinated by Indonesia
Mezzanin: Fascinated by Indonesia
Location:
Mezzanin: Fascinated by Indonesia
Mezzanin: Fascinated by Indonesia
Panaptapan with demon depiction Buta-Kala
Panaptapan
Standort
Used when harvesting rice, to beat against the bottom part of a bundle of rice stalks held in the other hand, making them even. The front shows a kala image. The Sanskrit term kala mean literally “times”. In Indo-Javanese mythology, Kala is the god of destruction, husband to Durga. In Bali the demonic image of Kala represents the negative or dark aspect (bhuta kala), the physical and temporal, in an equilibrium which is necessary to maintain balance in the universe.
Object data
Inv. No.
130753
Collection
Object Name
Rice paddle
Collection
Helene Potjewijd (1872 Meester Cornelis /Java - 1949 Wien)
Dated
19th century
Accession Date
1946
Culture
Geography
Material
Wood
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