Burisrawa

Detail view of inscription of Horniman Museum object no 36.5
Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 36.5
Detail view of inscription of Horniman Museum object no 36.5 Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 36.5

Shadow puppet depicting Raden Burisrawa, a character from the Mahabharata, with a diadem, jamang, at the front of his head and a hair ornament in the shape of a bird, garuda mungkur, behind. His costume includes a depiction of a batik skirt cloth in kawung design. The puppet is made from hide decorated with polychrome pigment and pierced detailing, and attached to a spliced wooden rod. The two articulated arms have individual rods attached with vegetable fibre. There is an inscription between the feet.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
36.5
Date
before 1937
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 742 mm x 883 mm x 15 mm; puppet: 554 mm x 883 mm x 9 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
hide; wood; plant fibre; pigment
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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