Puppet

85-1-56

From: Java

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name Wayang Golek
Object Number 85-1-56
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Java
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Cotton | Pigment
Description

Puppet of same type as 85-1-22. Pink face, yellow neck, White eyebrows, moustache and beard, downturned mouth. White hair, yellow and black coiled headcloth. Crack down back of head. Long neck, pronged at bottom. Hands down, flat. Right arm detached. Black tunic, open V in front filled in white white cloth. Narrow pink bands at wrists, rosette of pink and white string at neck. Broad white belt, textured to look like beads. Batik skirt, open at back; yellow and dark blue narrow patterned diagonal stripes. Torn at back, right and come away from waist, left back. Character is a commoner priest.

Length 10 cm
Width 14 cm
Credit Line Gift of Benjamin D. Bernstein, 1985
Other Number 79 - Other Number

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