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Object Number
11-49-70/83241
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, cut-out leather, white face, dragon armbands, floral sarong
Classification
- Shadow puppet
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Javanese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Indonesia
/
Java
Dimensions
Overall: 63.1 x 27.2 x 1.3 cm (24 13/16 x 10 11/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
83241
Provenance
Donor
Dr. Charles Pickering Bowditch
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| 11-49-70/83227 | Figure - shadow puppet |
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| 11-49-70/83232 | Figure - shadow puppet |
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| 11-49-70/83235 | Figure - shadow puppet |
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| 11-49-70/83236 | Figure - shadow puppet |
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| 11-49-70/83244 | Figure - shadow puppet |
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| 11-49-70/83228 | Figure - shadow puppet |
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| 11-49-70/83230 | Figure - shadow puppet |
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| 11-49-70/83234 | Figure - shadow puppet |
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