In writing a thesis it is difficult to do justice to the personal pleasures and intellectual experiences of six years. Although I anticipated that I would have to omit much of the data from my field work and delvings into library and museum collections, it was, in retrospect, difficult to limit the amount of material used when so much remains to be known about the culture and history of Bali. This dissertation is intended to break down some of the disciplinary divisions which have hampered a fuller appreciation of that culture and history.