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Shadow Puppet. Central Java, Indonesia. Cut, painted leather, 31.5" high, c. 1950. Kumbakarn…
Giant, Kunbakarama, Brother of King Dasanuka
Shadow Puppet. Central Java, Indonesia. Cut, painted leather, 31.5" high, c. 1950. Kumbakarn…
Shadow Puppet. Central Java, Indonesia. Cut, painted leather, 31.5" high, c. 1950. Kumbakarna, the mountain-big giant depicted in the wayan lulit figure, is a character out of the Mahabharata.
Museum of International Folk Art; Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection. Photographs by Michel Monteaux.
DepartmentAsia

Giant, Kunbakarama, Brother of King Dasanuka

NameShadow Puppet
Artist Artist unrecorded
Datec. 1959
Place madeCentral Java, Central Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
MediumOrganic
Dimensions43 11/16 x 18 5/16 in. (111 x 46.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.38.131
Object numberA.1981.38.131
DescriptionKumbakarna? (FKH)
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