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Who painted it: Unknown.

What it depicts: The victory ride of a gold palace back to the holy city of Ayodhya after the god-man Rama, his wife Sita, his brother Lakshmana, and an army of monkeys and bears have defeated the demon Ravana at the end of their 14-year exile (from toward the end of the Ramayana).

Where you can see it: It’s in the exhibition Many Arrows from Rama’s Bow: Paintings of the Ramayana at Seattle Asian Art Museum through December 2.

Jen Graves (The Stranger’s former arts critic) mostly writes about things you approach with your eyeballs. But she’s also a history nerd interested in anything that needs more talking about, from male...