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Object Number 11-49-70/83220
Display Title Figure - shadow puppet
Descriptions
Object Description Shadow puppet, prince. From the Mahabharata. Member of the left faction. Pink face, coarse features, oval eye, uptited chin, scowl on forehead, large garuda in double diadem, wings on back, snake-like scarf around neck
Inventory Description Shadow puppet, gold body, red face, Garuda crown, wings at back
Classification
  • Shadow puppet
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Javanese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Java
Dimensions Overall: 77.3 x 28 x 1.4 cm (30 7/16 x 11 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 83220
Provenance
Collector Dr. Charles Pickering Bowditch (1911)
Donor Dr. Charles Pickering Bowditch (1911)

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