Puppet

Museum number:
18-342
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2028 (additional number, acc. number)
Accession number:
Acc.2028
Description:
“Wayang Kulit” puppet; polychrome on gilded carabao leather. Represent hero “Ardjuna.” Used in oldest form of “Wayang,” “Wayang Purwa,” in which tales from “Ramayana” and “Mahabharata” are told.
Donor:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection place:
Indonesia
Collector:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Puppets (recreational artifacts)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1966-1967 #58: French Department (UC Berkeley)/Lucy Grant (January 19, 1967–January 20, 1967) and S1975-1976 #87: Southeast Asian Studies Department (UC Berkeley)/Margot Lyon (May 18, 1976–May 18, 1976)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 18-342, described as “Wayang Kulit” puppet; polychrome on gilded carabao leather. Represent hero “Ardjuna.” Used in oldest form of “Wayang,” “Wayang Purwa,” in which tales from “Ramayana” and “Mahabharata” are told.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 18-342, described as “Wayang Kulit” puppet; polychrome on gilded carabao leather. Represent hero “Ardjuna.” Used in oldest form of “Wayang,” “Wayang Purwa,” in which tales from “Ramayana” and “Mahabharata” are told.

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