Collection Number |
43 |
Title |
Lawang seketeng/ Portal or gate |
Time |
1960 Circa |
Time Acquisition |
1994 |
Place |
Bondowoso, Bondowoso, East Java, Indonesia |
Place of Acquisition |
Junaedi Antique Shop, Martadinata Rd., Bondowoso, Bondowoso, Indonesia |
Name Painter (Place and Year Birth-Death) |
Unknown |
Size |
Portal |
Category (Sub-Category) |
Islam |
Current Location |
Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME) Permanent Exhibition “Indonesian Glass Paintings: The Collection of O‘ong Maryono and Rosalia Sciortino” Link: http://www.vme.org.vn/permanent-exhibitions/ tranh-kinh-indonesia-en-us/ |
Description |
A portal is portrayed with various verses (ayat) to protect against evil deeds and spirits according to Madurese culture. This kind of glass paintings would be usually placed inside the house on top of the entrance Junaedi is a childhood’s friend of the late O’ong Maryono and his shop is across O’ong’s family house |