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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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Cataloguing data

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)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 26842

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1894
    where
    Indonesia
    Java
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation from Arthur Baessler 1894
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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