Karna Muda / Suryatmaja

by Wayang Kulit: Indonesian Shadow Puppets

A$575 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Indonesia. Before 1970s . Stock ID #216715 Water buffalo hide, gilt and pigment, elaborately chiselled and cut out, 43 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 puppet represents Suryatmaja or Suryaputra, son of Dewi Kunti in the Javanese 'wayang kulit' or leather shadow puppet theatre tradition. A particularly fine example. Purchased in

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