Indonesian Stories and Art
Learning Resource
Javanese people, Wayang kulit puppet, Gandamana, early 20th century, Gift of Ross Feller, 2012.
Discover the Ramayana and Mahabharata stories through Indonesian textiles and puppet theatre. Enjoy a colouring sheet by contemporary art duo Indieguerillas.
Overview
Curriculum Connections
Cross-curriculum priority: Asia-Australia Engagement
Learning area: Visual Arts, Languages (Indonesian)
Art & Artists
Featured
Ceremonial cloth [kain batik]
late 19th century
Sinta’s ordeal, an episode from the Ramayana; valance for a temple or royal pavilion [ider-ider]
late 19th century
Skirt cloth [kain panjang]
1942-45
not titled [two women creating batik fabric]
c. 1880
Wayang gedog (a form of wayang kulit used to perform the Panji stories); eleven leather shadow puppets
late 19th century
