Puppet

Museum number:
18-1031
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3110
Description:
puppet, gilded and painted carabao leather; anthropomorphic; black face; h. 54.5 cm. represents one of the 'korawa' brothers from the 'Mahabmarata.' no rod.
Donor:
Mrs. James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection place:
Java, Indonesia
Verbatim coll. place:
Indonesia, Java
Collector:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection date:
January 1975
Materials:
Leather
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:
January 1, 1975
Context of use:
used in shadow puppet plays
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 54.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 18-1031, described as puppet, gilded and painted carabao leather; anthropomorphic; black face; h. 54.5 cm. represents one of the 'korawa' brothers from the 'Mahabmarata.' no rod.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 18-1031, described as puppet, gilded and painted carabao leather; anthropomorphic; black face; h. 54.5 cm. represents one of the 'korawa' brothers from the 'Mahabmarata.' no rod.

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