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Object Number 11-49-70/83325
Display Title Figure - shadow puppet
Descriptions
Object Description Shadow puppet, king. Red face, fine features, narrow eyes, aggressively raised chin, wears low crown, three tiered diadem with garuda at back, long curly hair, wings at back, round necklace, snakelike necklace at waist.
Inventory Description Shadow puppet, Garuda figure, feathered wings and tail, scaly body, beak open
Classification
  • Shadow puppet
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Java
Dimensions Overall: 65.2 x 59.5 x 1.3 cm (25 11/16 x 23 7/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 83325
Credit Line Gift of Charles Pickering Bowditch, 1911
Provenance
Collector Dr. Charles Pickering Bowditch (1911)
Donor Dr. Charles Pickering Bowditch

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