Asian Art

Indonesian Stories and Art

Learning Resource

Photograph of javanese puppet

Javanese people, Wayang kulit puppet, Gandamana, early 20th century, Gift of Ross Feller, 2012.

Primary / Tertiary
Foundation – Year 6
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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

Javanese people
Ceremonial cloth [kain batik]
late 19th century

Balinese people
Sinta’s ordeal, an episode from the Ramayana; valance for a temple or royal pavilion [ider-ider]
late 19th century

Javanese people
Skirt cloth [kain panjang]
1942-45

Kassian Céphas
not titled [two women creating batik fabric]
c. 1880

Javanese people
Wayang gedog (a form of wayang kulit used to perform the Panji stories); eleven leather shadow puppets
late 19th century