puppet dressed in batik garment (skirt) and sleeveless black shirt with metal thread ornamentation; painted anthropomorphic figure with green face, gilt and multicolor designs; jointed arms, central rod
Donor:
Estate of Margaret W. Kulp
Collection place:
Java, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Javanese
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:
1971
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1978-1979 #7: Music Library (UC Berkeley)/Ann Basart (July 13, 1978–October 25, 1978) and S1983-1984 #24: Merritt College (October 26, 1983–March 26, 1984)