Kresna

by Wayang Kulit: Indonesian Shadow Puppets

A$650 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Indonesia. Before 1970s . Stock ID #216707 Water buffalo hide, gilt and pigment, elaborately chiselled and cut out, 54 x 69 cms arms fully extended , painted both sides, jointed arms, each affixed to horn batons and another spliced horn baton holding the body. This Javanese 'wayang kulit' or leather shadow puppet, represents Kresna Krishna in the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. His importance and the reasons for his great regard is that he is

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