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Gunungan

Gunungan world mountain, stands at the beginning and end of the wayang performance Wayang Kaper, wayang for training purposes for prospective dalang (puppeteers), figures are smaller and less well crafted than usual Gunungan painted red, gold and black, depiction of tiger and bull and mangkara (face in centre)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Shadow puppet from the Wayang Kulit
Dimensions
Gewicht: < 2 kg
Kartonformat: 55 x 85 cm
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 41 x 25,5 x 1 cm ; Höhe mit Stab: 60 cm
Material/Technique
Parchment, Bamboo, Painting - delete, Gilding, Metal
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 29491

Provenance and sources

when
19th century (2nd half of the)
where
Indonesia [Land]
Java [Insel]

who
Cornelius Marinus Pleyte (1863-06-24 - 1917-07-22) - Collectors

Description
from Dr Pleyte 1897

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