Resi Durwasa

by Wayang Kulit: Indonesian Shadow Puppets

A$475 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Indonesia. Before 1970s . Stock ID #216711 Water buffalo hide, gilt and pigment, chiselled and cut out, 40 x 39 cms fully extended , painted both sides, one arm jointed and affixed to a bamboo baton, the other arm stationary, holding a staff, another spliced bamboo baton holding the body, some fading and loss of pigment. This puppet represents the seer or sage Durwasa in the Javanese 'wayang kulit' or leather shadow puppet theatre tradition.

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