Calendar, astrological; cloth, painted; divided into 7 x 7 square panels with depictions of gods and star signs; captions written in “Kawi” character. Used for determination of auspicious and inauspicious times for various undertakings of daily life. 52.5 x 67 inches.
Donor:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection place:
Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
Verbatim coll. place:
Bali
Production place:
Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia
Collector:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Calendars (documents)
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
For determination of auspicious and inauspicious times for various undertakings of daily life.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
This specimen probably dates to the 1920s (fide David Irons, Boston, Mass., 1975)
Loans:
S1972-1973 #51: Newport Harbor Art Museum (February 5, 1973–May 2, 1973) and S1976-1977 #37: Southeast Asian Studies Department (UC Berkeley) (February 3, 1977–June 29, 1977)