Jatayu Mythical Bird Shadow Puppet

by Wayang Kulit: Indonesian Shadow Puppets

A$375 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Indonesia. Before 1970s . Stock ID #216677 Water buffalo hide and pigment, elaborately gilt 38 x 56 cm, painted both sides, minor surface wear and loss of pigment, without the baton, in very good condition. Figure of Jatayu, a demi-god who takes the form of a vulture or an eagle, used in the Javanese and Balinese 'wayang kulit' or leather shadow puppet theatre tradition. According to the Ramayana epic, Jatayu died while trying to thwart the kidnapping

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