DepartmentAsia
Bathara Narada
NameWayang kulit, shadow puppet
CultureJavanese
Place madeJava, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
MediumWater buffalo hide, water-based paint, water buffalo horn, wood, bronze leaf
DimensionsOverall: 26 x 12 3/16 in. (66 x 31 cm)
Credit LineIFAF Collection
Object numberFA.2007.40.166
Collections
Performer: Ki Purbo Asmoro;
also: Ki Sajali; Ki Kasim; Ki Kusni; Ki Kesdik
Artists: Unkown
Place and Date Made: Klatenm date unkown; aquired by Ki Purbo Asmore in Klaten, 2000
Bathara Narada is Bathara Guru's chief advisor and he acts as a messenger between the gods in heaven and the earthly realm. Narada, who is himself a god, is an ebullient character; he never gets angry, and he often laughs and makes jokes. Narada is also wise and particularly knowledge-able about spiritual matters.
He is involved in numerous lakon about the gods and the others including "Ciptoning" (Arjuna's Deep Meditation), "Sugriwa Subali" (The story of sugriwa and Subali)," and "Guthutkaca Jedi" (Guthutkaca is Thrown into the Cauldron), from the Mahabharata.
1993
1993
