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SYED AHMAD JAMAL, DATUK b. Johor, 1929 - d. Kuala Lumpur, 2011 SET UNTUK KERIS II, 2007 Signed and dated 'A 07' (lower right), Inscribed 'set untuk 'KERIS'' (lower left) Mixed media on paper 18cm x 27cm Illustrated on this sketch for a theater set design for Keris (2007) directed by National Laureate Datuk Syed Alwi Syed Hassan is a jawi script that reads Bakaba ( بكب ), which means storytelling or the Minangkabau oral literary performance. In the context of Keris, which tells a fictional tale of a village head named Waling Amri who finds a mystical rock and crafts it into a keris that is then transformed into his daughter's alter ego, Keris is a folklore story of traditional values and supernatural being. REFERENCE Syed Ahmad Jamal: Pelukis, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 2009.