HUGE 30.5”X 25”ORIGINAL INTRICATE TRADITIONAL BALINESE ASTROLOGICAL CALENDAR PALELINTANGA (TUMPEK) UNIQUE CLOTH PAINTING BY TALENTED KAMASAN ARTIST FROM BALI PROFESSIONALLY FRAMED HAND PAINTED MAT & FRAME TO MATCH. DESIGNER COLLECTOR WALL DÉCOR

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Palelintangan, which translates as “calendar of constellations” is used to determine auspicious days for a host of activities: each cell represents a day populated with narrative depictions of Gods, Demons and Animals, the good ones on top, the bad ones at the bottom. Together, they relate to a combination of 5 and 7 day weeks organized into vertical and horizontal rows, but since the weeks run concurrently, the calendar is also read diagonally.

The Palelintangan (Tumpek) is the most frequently hand painted calendar, named after “lintang” which translates to “constellations”. It is completely hand etched and hand painted on cloth showing bright vignettes of figurative motifs created with polychrome pigments on canvas. The seven days are vertical columns with the God, wayang figure, bird and tree appropriate to that day at the top and the animal and demonic figures at the bottom. 

It is difficult to decipher for some Balinese who often have to ask experts to help them with the complexity of the task.

Bali’s complex system of multiple calendars determines whether a particular day is favorable for a variety of activities, including weddings, trade, thievery, doctor’s visits, planting rice, and beginning a journey, just to name a few…. Important ritual events and major holidays celebrated by Bali’s Hindu population are plotted by the convergence of days between the 210-day calendar (Pawukon) and the lunar calendar (Saka).

We also carry original authentic prints 300 years old or less, framed or not, in great condition such as: Albin, Audubon, Baron, Barraband, Bertuch, Brodtmann, Brown, Buffon, Cassel, Curtis, Cuvier, Donovan, Edwards, Fitch, Frisch, Grandville, Harrison, Walter Hood, Latham, Linden,Linnaeus, Loddiges, Martinet, McKenney, Morris, Munting, Redoute, Reinchenbachia, Schreber, Schubert, Selby, Shaw and Nodder, Van Geel, Warner, etc.... etc... 

Again, we closed our art store of antique prints and custom frames as well as our store of rare artifacts from around the world and we will now sell them direct to the public here. We have 1000's of antique prints and it will take a while to do so, so if you are interested in prints from the names above or others since I did not have time to list them all, please let us know.