Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Men making offerings
Men making offerings

Men making offerings

Artist (Indonesian, approx. 1862-1978)
Place of OriginUbud, Bali, Indonesia
DateMarch 1938
Materialsink on paper
DimensionsH. 9 1/2 in x W. 12 3/4 in; H. 24.1 cm x W. 32.4 cm (image); H. 14 1/8 in x W. 17 3/8 in, H. 35.9 cm x W. 44.1 cm (matted)
Credit LineGift of David Salman and Walter Jared Frost
Object number2016.295
DepartmentSoutheast Asian Art
ClassificationsPrints And Drawings
On View
Not on view
InscribedInscription on back with description in Balinese of drawing as well as a dedication from Lempad's son to Margaret Mead (Mrs. Bateson) from Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead collection translation in Indonesian reads: "yang duduk dipinggir sedang menusuk sate. Yang ditengah mencincang daging memekai parang dand beralaskan (dialasi) telenan. Yang berdiri sedang menancapkan sate. Daun kelapa yang diyalin itu dianmakan (disebut) kelabang. Itu gunanya agar tidak kepanasan." Translation: The one who is seated to the side is spearing sate. The one in the middle is chopping it with a knife on a cutting board. The standing one is stabbing sate [into the offering]. Coconut leaves that were changed in this way [woven?] were called kelabang. It was used to prevent overheating.