The
Balinese tradition of carving and painting goes back in
the history for many centuries dated back to the relief
panels in the temples at the end of 13th century in East
Java. The collection of these ancient traditional paintings
is a small collection of Balinese classical 'wayang painting',
kept at the Museum mostly for comparative purposes. These
kind of paintings were produced in the
wayang style under
pre-colonial condition, most of which, but not exclusively
in the village of Kamasan, near Klungkung.