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Kala Face in East Javanese Style

Keywords : Candi, Candi Jago, Kala

Site common nameCandi Jago
Type of artworkSculpture
Village-
Province/CityTumpang
StateEast Java
CountryIndonesia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : -8.005278
Long : 112.7575

History of production-
ArtKala in Eastern Java art has a far more ferocious face than that in Central Java art. The eyes are round and protuding. The are fangs both on the upper and lower lips. There are horns and skull as well as hands showing threathening expressions “Indexing gesture”. The fact that kala has both upper and lower lips shows that the Indiam iconography of kala that does not have the lower lip had aleady disappeared.
Art periodEastern Javanese Art
Age16-20 centuries BE.
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism
Religion and beliefKala has ferocious face and intimidating expression in order to mitigate bad things out of the religious place.

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-07-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali