Back in 1996 the New Yorker posted these interviews that included photos of the Obama’s apartment.
Some people were a little confused about what the works of art surrounding them were. I thought it might be fun to actually look them up.
The first picture frame on the left contains two images of classical Thai dancers put together:
- 12″ x 24″ Thai Temple Rubbing – Black Musician Playing the Traditional Ranet Ek (Thai Xylophone)
- Thai Temple Rubbing – Black Classical Thai Dancer
The middle picture frame contains an image from Ramayana, an ancient story from the Cambodian culture. It’s a rubbing from an actual stone carving. This is a scene just before the good guys get the upper hand. Important in any good story.
The final picture frame is hard to see but looks like more dancers or musicians like the first one.
Speaking of misinformation, I also saw it said that the picture frame in the middle showed the devil, which is clearly incorrect. And the one on the right was supposed to have Masonic symbols. And I certainly cannot see any. Besides, it clearly look Thai as I said above. Sadly, those who are likely to believe conspiracy theories just reposted such misinformation without even looking at the images which don’t show what they say they do.
I found some useful information over at IBA and Cosmophobia when I did a little research on this image.