Native Name | Wayang Golek |
Object Number | 85-1-99 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Java |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Cotton | Pigment |
Description | Body of puppet of same type as 85-1-22. Skin gold. Broad ring at upper arms and wrists, large hands, wrists flexed. Stick missing from left arm. Gold bodice, woven in lozenge pattern. Border with three sequins around top, narrow green band down front. Brown velvet sash, with broad rose and gold brocade band. Batik skirt; cream with overall pattern of tendrils, sprays of large blue and brown flowers and leaves. Muddy blue and brown border at bottom with flowers and leaves. Tear in front. Noble female. |
Length | 58 cm |
Width | 18 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin D. Bernstein, 1985 |
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