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Anthony Forge: Biographical Sketch
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/anthony-forge-biographical-sketch/

What does art communicate?

Malat: A Story of Courtly Romance, Balinese painting E74172
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/malat-a-story-of-courtly-romance-balinese-painting-e74172/

Perfumed love in the air.

The Churning of the Milky Ocean: Balinese Paintings E74163 and E74177
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/the-churning-of-the-milky-ocean-balinese-paintings-e74163-and-e74177/

Who will get amerta, an elixir of immortality

Batik: The Forbidden Designs of Java
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/batik-the-forbidden-designs-of-java/

The batik designs reflect the long and complex cultural and political history of Java

The Batik Process
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/the-batik-process/

The word is of Javanese and Indonesian origin and describes the coloured fabric and process of producing patterns by using fabric dyes and wax in the creation of the design. Multi-coloured batik allows for the production of complex patterns, akin to paintings.

Chinese Textiles from Sumatra, E085846 - E085847
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/chinese/chinese-textiles-from-sumatra-e085846-e085847/

Snippets of Peranakan culture from Indonesian Archipelago

Ikat Design
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/indonesia/ikat-design/

The essence of pattern making with Ikat – the word, borrowed from the Indonesian language, describes the method of weaving that uses dyed threads to produce coloured patterns, as well as the type of fabric made in this process.

Creation Story from Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/indonesia/creation-story-from-lake-toba-sumatra-indonesia/

Where the Batak people came from.