Shadow Puppet

85-1-9

From: Java

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name Wayang Kulit
Object Number 85-1-9
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Java
Section Oceanian
Materials Hide | Wood | Pigment
Iconography Baladewa
Description

Puppet of same type as 85-1-1. Face red, rest of skin yellow. Round red eyes, large nose. Royal headdress, with crown, ear ornament, garuda mungkur. Upper arm ornaments, bracelets. Praba. Neck ornament. Bare feet, far apart. Broken at top and down back of headdress, nose cracked almost through, one forearm cracked. Character is Baladewa, King of Madura, elder brother of Kresna but an ally of the Kaurawa.

Height 60 cm
Length 85.2 cm
Width 30 cm
Credit Line Gift of Benjamin D. Bernstein, 1985
Other Number 33 - Other Number

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