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Gatotkaca
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Gatotcaca is the son of Bima, one of the five Pandawas from the Mahabharata epic Diadem and headdress spiralling upwards in three stages, Garuda motif; decorated with mirrored parts on the sides; moustache made of felt; arm jewellery well worked out, only one piece of decorative fabric over the shoulders. Colours: Face blue, body bronze, hair ornaments gold, arm ornaments red-bronze; clothing: top gold-black, purple-green-red threads on the back; belt gold; skirt beige with black cross lines, 2 strips of fabric gold-purple with green-red woollen fringes on top.

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Object type
Rod puppet from the Wayang Golek
Dimensions
Width: 28 cm
Height: 91 cm
Depth: 25 cm
Height: 65 cm
Width: 20 cm
Depth: 20 cm
Length: 56 cm
Weight: 2 kg
Material/Technique
Wood, Cotton, Painting - delete, Gilding, Coating, Sequins, Velvet, Cotton (plain weave, batik), Belt band: metal braid, woven; consisting of fine wires and yellow cotton yarns/ Sashes: consisting of a multi-layer jacquard weave; cotton in warp and weft direction, metal spun threads, metal spun threads in weft direction - with appliquéd silver sequins, Base fabric: velvet, black, cotton; lining:, Cotton, silk, metal - probably brass and silver, glass, Cotton, linen weave, batik, Jacquard fabric, brocade-like: consisting of warp threads, lilac-coloured, cotton and weft threads in yellow with silver lace wrappings (ondé threads, metal thread), embroidered with metal sequins (presumably silver), Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 26842

Provenance and sources

when
before 1894
where
Indonesia [Land/Region]
Java [Insel]
who
Baessler, Arthur - Former Possessors
Description
Donation from Arthur Baessler 1894

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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