Winged cremation towers, bade (or wadah). The large arch suggests this is Gianyar, probably Ubud. This is the tower which takes the deceased body from the house to the graveyard. It is decorated with Boma heads.
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London County Council: Eight Annual Report of the Horniman Museum and Library, 1909
object | ARC/HMG/GOV/003/1909
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Market screens, Oyo
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/534/008
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Slides taken in Muscat, Oman by Ann Douthwaite, 1973-1976
object | ARC/DOU/001/069
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Black and white negative of boats pulled up on boggy land, tied to wall protruding out into water
object | ARC/GUP/005/107
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