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Object Number
11-49-70/83245
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
Puppet, standing male figure, composed of cut, patinated, and painted leather, black body, gold face, multi-colored dress. Large curving wooden stick fastened by fiber to body, carved horn sticks fastened by fiber to each hand, bone or horn joining elbows and shoulders.
Classification
- Puppet
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Javanese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Indonesia
/
Java
Dimensions
Overall: 68 x 36 x 6 cm (26 3/4 x 14 3/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
83245
Provenance
Donor
Dr. Charles Pickering Bowditch
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