Mason, Matt (editor)MareMagnum
Raden Astadarma.
1970réf. 216717Indonesia. Before1970s. Water buffalo hide gilt and pigment elaborately chiselled and cut out 49 x 72 cms arms fully extended painted both sides jointed arms each affixed to bamboo batons and another spliced horn baton holding the body; some fading and loss of pigment; stamped "H N" at the base of the puppet. This puppet represents the King/Knight Raden Astadarma in the Javanese 'wayang kulit' or leather shadow puppet theatre tradition. This character appears in the Wayang Madya stories. These stories were originally sponsored by the princely poet Mangkunegara IV 1811–1881 the fourth ruler of Mangkunegaran a principality based in Surakarta Java ruling from 1853 to his death in 1881. In recent times these stories are intended to retell 19th century heroic poems reflecting on 20th Century events linking Wayang Purwa with Wayang Gedog. Purchased in Java in the early 1970s. See: Joko Susilo Eisler Shadow-Puppet Collection Catalogue Bates College Lewiston Maine . hardcover
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