Balinese Barong Macan Tiger Mask Guardian Topeng Demon Bali Folk Art Handmade For Sale

Balinese Barong Macan Tiger Mask Guardian Topeng Demon Bali Folk Art Handmade Balinese Barong Macan Tiger Mask Guardian Topeng Demon Bali Folk Art Handmade

 Barong Macan or Tiger Barong mask, hand carved from albesia wood & painted brilliant orange with gold tiger stripes.

This mask is a rendition of a Macan stone carving from the gates of the holy white bull temple in Sebatu. Please see the photo above of the stone carving.
A playful mask, great addition to any mask collection

• Approx. Size : 10" T x 4" D x 6" wide
• Approx. weight: 1.5 lb
• Included cord for hanging
• Solid wood
• Hand Carved
• Hand Painted

 

Barong is the most well known dance in Bali. It is a storytelling dance, narrating the fight between good and evil. This dance is the classic example of Balinese way of acting out mythology, resulting in myth and history being blended into one reality. The barong is performed by two dancers inside the Barong costume, one to control the head & another to control the hind end. Usually danced by young men of the village on special holy days & celebrations. 

The story goes that Rangda, the mother of Erlangga, the King of Bali in the tenth century, was condemned by Erlangga's father because she practiced black magic. After she became a widow, she summoned all the evil spirits in the jungle, the layaks and the demons, to come after Erlangga. A fight occurred, but she and her black magic troops were too strong that Erlangga had to ask for the help of Barong. Barong came with Erlangga's soldiers, and fight ensued. Rangda cast a spell that made Erlangga soldiers all want to kill themselves, pointing their poisoned keris into their own stomachs and chests. Barong cast a spell that turned their body resistant to the sharp keris. At the end, Barong won, and Rangda ran away.

 

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