Grape Tree – Bali Wood Carving

The Janger dance is one of Bali's unique dances created in the 1930s. With gamelan batel or gender wayang instruments playing in the background, Janger is danced by 10 pairs of young men and women. The group of women is called janger, while the men are called kecak. Material : Paras (stone) Jogja Length: 30cm Wide: 30cm Height: 60cm Artist: Wayan Balik

Rajapala is a boy. One day he goes to the forest alone hunting for birds accompanied by his blow-pipe. In the forest he finds seven nymphs bathing in a lake. A sudden idea comes into his mind. He steals one of the nymph’s magical dresses. When they want to fly back to the heaven one of the nymphs could not follow her friends for she had lost her magical dress. At the right moment, when the nymph is in sorrow, Rajapala show himself to offer his help but only if that nymph wants to become his wife. In her sadness the nymph, Ken Sulasih, has no other choice but to accept that offer. And Rajapala takes Sulasih home. Material : Paras (stone) Jogja Length: 30cm Wide: 40cm Height: 60cm Artist: Wayan Balik