DepartmentAsia

Wayang Gunungan Merapi

NameDrawing

Maker Enthus Susmono

DateMarch 3, 2011

Place madeJava, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

MediumPaper, pencil

DimensionsOverall: 39 3/8 x 24 in. (100 x 61 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2011.18.2

Object numberFA.2011.18.2

DescriptionPencil sketch on white paper, frontal view of the Wayang Gunungan Merapi, a large, leaf shaped shadow puppet. Drawing depicts smoke, the eruption of Mount Merapi, a tree of life, the mosque with the dome of the Palace of Yogyakarta, dying oxen and human figures, below which is a large fanged dragon with arabic text on it's arms. Signed 3/3 2011, 10.24 WIB, artists signature on left bottom. Light text on upper middle right "B3 Hemse" and erased text on left upper middle. Paper has an attached strip at bottom to extend length.