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STORY CARDS: the RAMAYANA Use These Objects in the Asian Art Museum's Collection to Sequence Events from the Ramayana. Many As STORY CARDS: THE RAMAYANA Use these objects in the Asian Art Museum’s collection to sequence events from the Ramayana. Mandodari approaches Jatayus, the heroic king her husband, the demon of the vultures, attempts king Ravana, while to prevent Ravana from Prince Rama and his abducting Sita, from allies convene outside the the Ramayana (Story of palace, from a manuscript Rama). Approx. 400–500. of the Ramayana (Story India; probably Uttar of Rama), 1595–1605. Pradesh state. Terra-cotta. Northern India. Opaque Gift of the Connoisseurs’ watercolors and gold Council, 1988.40. on paper. Gift of the Connoisseurs’ Council The vulture king, Jatayus, tries to save Sita with additional funding from Fred M. and Nancy but is wounded by Ravana, who slices off Livingston Levin, the Jatayu’s wings with his sword. Shenson Foundation, in memory of A. Jess Shenson, 2003.4. Many ask the demon-king Ravana to free Sita so she may return to her husband, Rama. Hanuman’s encounters with Theatrical headdress demons on his journey to for the magical deer Lanka, from the Balinese in the Story of Rama version of the Story of dance-drama, approx. Rama, approx. 1900– 1950–1960, Central 1950, by I Gusti Nyoman Thailand. Papier-mache, Lempad, (Indonesian, glass, and mixed media. 1862–1978). Ink on Gift from Doris Duke paper. Gift of Karen A. Charitable Foundation’s Signell, 1998.90. Southeast Asian Art Collection, 2006.27.10.9. Hanuman helps rescue Sita from To lure Rama captivity in from Sita’s side, Lanka, Ravana’s Ravana has one island kingdom. of his demons take the form of a beautiful magic deer. When Sita sees it, she asks Rama to hunt it down for her. Asian Art Museum Education Department.
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