Puppet

85-1-15

From: Java

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name Wayang Klitik
Object Number 85-1-15
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Java
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Hide | Pigment
Description

Flat wooden puppet with movable hide arms. Face white, rest of skin gold. Narrow eye, straight nose. Black curly hair curving up in back, crown, ear ornament. Praba. Upper arm ornaments, bracelets. Neck ornament. Kris. Paint badly worn and chipped. Character is a foreign prince, or the brother of a foreign king. Also used in some causes for the character Palgunadi.

Length 58 cm
Width 30 cm
Credit Line Gift of Benjamin D. Bernstein, 1985
Other Number 60 - Other Number

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