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
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.c. 1958
Artist Not Recorded
c. 1958
Pedro Antonio Fresquis