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Shadow puppet of Utara made of carved and painted leather. His legs are sturdy and his hair is in the style known as apit urang, or pinching shrimp. The flesh parts are painted very pale pink and he has the narrow eyes and nose and delicate mouth typical of a refined, or halus, character. Brother of Suweta, who fought on the Pandawa side. Both were killed on the first day of the Kurukshetra war.
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