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Anthony Forge: Research in Bali, Indonesia
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/anthony-forge-research-in-bali-indonesia/

How does art serve social hierarchy?

Anthony Forge: Biographical Sketch
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/anthony-forge-biographical-sketch/

What does art communicate?

Ramayana: The Bridge to Langka, Balinese painting E74168
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/ramayana-the-bridge-to-langka-balinese-painting-e74168/

The bridge that saved goddess Sita

Folk Tale: Pan and Men Brayut, Balinese, Painting E74195
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/folk-tale-pan-and-men-brayut-balinese-painting-e74195/

Who does all the chores?

The Fire Ordeal of Sita: Bali paintings E74160 and E74169
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/the-fire-ordeal-of-sita-bali-paintings-e74160-and-e74169/

How Sita saved her reputation

Crocodile Mask from the Torres Strait- E017339
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/the-crocodile-mask-from-torres-strait-e17339/

In the Torres Strait Islands turtle shell masks were worn for rituals and ceremonies. Masks represented ancestors and associated totems, frequently the crocodile.

Scenes from Swarga (the afterlife): Balinese Painting E74161
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/balinese/scenes-from-swarga-the-afterlife-balinese-painting-e74161/

What happens in afterlife according to Balinese painting?

Funerals in ancient Egypt
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/ancient-egyptian/funerals-in-ancient-egypt/

The funeral and burial of an ancient Egyptian was a complex process.

The underworld and the afterlife in ancient Egypt
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/ancient-egyptian/the-underworld-and-the-afterlife-in-ancient-egypt/

To the ancient Egyptians, the underworld was a dangerous region that one's spirit had to traverse.

Funerary texts in ancient Egypt
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/ancient-egyptian/funerary-texts-in-ancient-egypt/

Funerary texts acted as 'travel guides' for the dead in their journey through the underworld. These texts were written on walls, coffins, statues or papyri. They contained all the required passwords and spells for use in the underworld.