A Mythological Creature

A. G. Maisey · 20th April 2022, 05:53 AM

Good stuff YS.

Looks like Anthony's carriage is definitely not what I thought it was --- similar, but not the same.

But it also looks like its a Singo Barong, not a Singo Barwang.

I still think we've got a play on words.

Gustav · 20th April 2022, 09:59 AM

Barwang = Barong, both names are used, and I guess Barwang is/was the local spelling.

Helen Ibbitson Jessup gives the date for Singhabarwang as 1549, at another place 16th cent. Of course it could be an error (which some other writers, like James Bennett in "Talismanic Seeing: The Induction of Power in Indonesian Zoomorphic Art", have repeated). Of course the carriage was refurbished many times, last time in 1910.

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20th April 2022, 05:53 AM	#1
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,209	Good stuff YS. Looks like Anthony's carriage is definitely not what I thought it was --- similar, but not the same. But it also looks like its a Singo Barong, not a Singo Barwang. I still think we've got a play on words.

20th April 2022, 09:59 AM	#2
Gustav Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,328	Barwang = Barong, both names are used, and I guess Barwang is/was the local spelling. Helen Ibbitson Jessup gives the date for Singhabarwang as 1549, at another place 16th cent. Of course it could be an error (which some other writers, like James Bennett in "Talismanic Seeing: The Induction of Power in Indonesian Zoomorphic Art", have repeated). Of course the carriage was refurbished many times, last time in 1910.