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Batara Guru

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Rod puppet from the Wayang Golek
Dimensions
Height: 56,5 cm
Width: 13 cm
Depth: 15 cm
Width: 28 cm
Height: 91 cm
Depth: 25 cm
Length: 43 cm
Weight: 2 kg
Material/Technique
Wood, Textile, Cotton fabric (twill weave), Breast sash made of cotton molleton, linen-bonded, napped fabric) - on top of this, synthetic fibre braid with an integrated silver-coloured lahn, a strip of orange-coloured artificial silk satin is applied to green cotton fabric (canvas)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 44208

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Indonesia
    West Java
    Bandung
  • Collecting
    who
    E.L. Heins - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase 1969
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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