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Object Number 11-49-70/83240
Display Title Figure - shadow puppet
Descriptions
Object Description Shadow puppet, prahu suyudana. From the Mahabharata. Member of the right faction. Black face, coarse features, round eye, upturned nose, wears two-tiered diadem, with large garuda at back, large body, snake-like ornament around neck.
Inventory Description Shadow puppet, male figure, gold body, blue face, handle, support
Classification
  • Shadow puppet
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Javanese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Java
Dimensions Overall: 72.8 x 26.7 x 1.6 cm (28 11/16 x 10 1/2 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 83240
Provenance
Collector Dr. Charles Pickering Bowditch (1911)
Donor Dr. Charles Pickering Bowditch (1911)

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