puppet, shadow; depicts a king (?); tanned stiffened leather is cut to predetermined shape, small cutouts made, painted red, yellow, black, white, brown; mounted upon carved horn stick; one arm movable; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances held in front of screen and behind light, moved; this character is either Rawana, king of the demons in the Ramayana, or Bome, son of Kresna (Krishna) in the Mahabharata
Collection place:
Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
Person depicted:
Krishna (Hindu deity)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shadow puppets
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama