Borobudur - General: Relief on main wall, lower series, 1st gallery, depicting the Cibijataka
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Research CatalogImage ID
1113489
Item data
Title
Borobudur - General: Relief on main wall, lower series, 1st gallery, depicting the Cibijataka
Collection
Photographs of Indonesia
Java, Central: Antiquites, Banon - Plaosan
Names
Holt, Claire (Collector)
Lembaga Purbakala dan Peninggalan Nasional (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1930 - 1969 (Approximate)
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZEB 87-288 Box 24
Subjects
Indonesia
Dance
Sculpture -- Indonesia
Temples -- Indonesia
Indonesia -- Antiquities
Borobudur (Temple : Magelang, Indonesia)
Genres
Notes
Content: 28 - Photo: D.P. 8095--list #28 ; 28a - Photo: D.P. (no number).
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 2 pictures: 8 x 24 cm, 10 x 24 cm
Abstract
A dove, pursued by a hawk, seeks refuge with the King of Cibi, who is renowned for his kindness; the hawk, asked by the King what he wants in exchange for the dove's life, demands the dove's counterweight in flesh from the King's body; the dove, put on the scales, is actually the future Buddha in disguise and, testing the King's courage, keeps putting on more weight, so that the King is forced to cut out many chunks of flesh from his body before the hawk is satisfied.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12166651
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY887035410-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12166617
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1ae90260-c5c1-012f-09e4-58d385a7bc34
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Borobudur - General: Relief on main wall, lower series, 1st gallery, depicting the Cibijataka" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1930 - 1969. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1ae90260-c5c1-012f-09e4-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1930 - 1969). Borobudur - General: Relief on main wall, lower series, 1st gallery, depicting the Cibijataka Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1ae90260-c5c1-012f-09e4-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Borobudur - General: Relief on main wall, lower series, 1st gallery, depicting the Cibijataka" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1ae90260-c5c1-012f-09e4-58d385a7bc34
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