Figurine

Museum number:
18-242
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180000242
Accession number:
Acc.2028
Description:
Light woodcarving; male Javanese dancer with hands crossed; olds carved eggs in hands (eggs broken by groom in wedding ceremony); pedestal. Height 12 1/2 inches.
Donor:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection place:
Java, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Javanese
Collector:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Figurine, accession number 18-242, described as Light woodcarving; male Javanese dancer with hands crossed; olds carved eggs in hands (eggs broken by groom in wedding ceremony); pedestal. Height 12 1/2 inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Figurine, accession number 18-242, described as Light woodcarving; male Javanese dancer with hands crossed; olds carved eggs in hands (eggs broken by groom in wedding ceremony); pedestal. Height 12 1/2 inches.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Figurine, accession number 18-242, described as Light woodcarving; male Javanese dancer with hands crossed; olds carved eggs in hands (eggs broken by groom in wedding ceremony); pedestal. Height 12 1/2 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 18-242, described as Light woodcarving; male Javanese dancer with hands crossed; olds carved eggs in hands (eggs broken by groom in wedding ceremony); pedestal. Height 12 1/2 inches.

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