Puppet

85-1-50

From: Java

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name Wayang Golek
Object Number 85-1-50
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Java
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Cotton | Pigment
Description

Puppet of same type as 85-1-22. Red face, bulging round red eyes, pointed nose. Black curly hair and beard. Tall headdress with crown, red and yellow ear ornaments, green garuda mungkur, conical black top. Right hand down, flat, red. Left hand unpainted, damaged by insects. Striped tunic, small holes throughout. Strip of striped blue and white material at neck, with bunch of looped red string at neck, with bunch of looped red string tied in center. Very broad black sash. Batik skirt, open at back; overall pattern of blue lozenges with blue dots in centers, large blue and brown leaves, butterfly. Anonymous male character; a high noble or royal official, a foreighner, a local intruder.

Length 75 cm
Width 14 cm
Credit Line Gift of Benjamin D. Bernstein, 1985

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