DepartmentAsia

Cili, the rice goddess Dewi Sri

NameVotive Offering

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1958

Place madeBali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

MediumStraw, fiber, ink

Dimensions7 11/16 × 5 1/2 × 1 9/16 in. (19.5 × 14 × 4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.28.895

Object numberA.1981.28.895

Collections

Asia

Description"Dewi Sri". Cut, woven, pleated natural rice fronds. Fan shaped crown. Yellow, purple stitchery. Dark blue hair and features. Earrings. Right arm raised with fan. Left arm down both with bracelets. Cone shaped body. // Balinesian rice goddess used as temple decorations. - Bronwon-Solyom, 8/81.