BIMA/WERKU BARA

General View of whole of Horniman Museum object no 23.5.49/87
General View of whole of Horniman Museum object no 23.5.49/87

Shadow puppet, wayang kulit, representing Bima, also known as Werkudara. Made from hide and decorated with polychrome pigment and pierced detailing. Fesh areas are gilded. Elongated nail on each hand. The hair of the figure is in supit urang (like a lobster claw) style. Text at section in between the puppet's feet. Attached to a central spliced rod with vegetable fibre. Separate rods attached to articulated arms (one detached and missing). Yellow label with object has handwritten name 'Werkudara'.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
23.5.49/87
Date
late 19th or early 20th century
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall (maximum): 948 mm x 107 mm x 21 mm; puppet (maximum): 702 x 107 x 2 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
hide; wood; vegetable fibre; pigment
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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