The Archer's Dying Agony
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The legendary painting by Henk Ngantung, Memanah (Archery), which is kept at the Presidential Palace, is severely damaged. Restoring it would cost billions of rupiah.
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It was a few moments before the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence. Sukarno was preparing to make the declaration. On the veranda wall of his residence at East Pegangsaan 56, Central Jakarta, was a large painting of a dashing, shirtless young man with brawny arms fitting an arrow to his bow. Behind him were five other young men, some with torches, others apparently gazing into the distance, all with their chests exposed. The scene is portray
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