Rod puppet (wayang golek) of the character of Bima, Pandhawa Prince. The head (part a) has a long, curling rear portion, known as a gelund supit urang, with decorative ear ornaments (called sumping). The red eyes protrude, as does the nose, above a smiling mouth surrounded by a moustache and beard. His torso (part b) is bare but for a blue serpent encircling the neck. A sarong is belted with a decorative golden sash and beaded velvet hangings. The sarong hides a removable wooden stick (part c) that extends through the torso to control the movement of the head. Bracelets adorn the arms, and each hand has, rather than a middle finger, a kuku ponconoco- a magical red claw used as a weapon. The arms are moveable at the shoulder and elbow by wooden sticks attached to each hand.

Rod puppet of Hanoman. The head of the puppet has a curling white headdress called a gelung supit urang, with gold and red ear decorations carved and painted onto it. The eyes are green, and surrounded with decorative patterns in black paint. A small round nose sits atop a protruding mouth area, with moustache and beard surrounding an open red mouth devoid of teeth. The torso is covered with a sleeveless, black, beaded apron, belted at the waist. Below is a checked sarong that covers a wooden stick which extends through the torso into the head to control its movement. The arms are moveable at shoulder and elbow by wooden sticks attached to each hand. Part b is a round wooden base that the torso stick of the puppet is inserted into to hold it upright.

Small wooden figure depicting a man. The man has a large head with a heavy brow bone. The whites of his eyes are made out of plastic pieces which are hollow in the middle. The man’s left eye has two circles, the smaller of which is upraised. His right eye is only formed from one circle. His nose is wide and flat. His mouth is a uniform rectangular shape. The man’s ears are rectangular as well. He has a wide, pronounced clavicle. The man’s arms are curved around his body creating a gap between his elbows and his waist. His hands are pressed to his thighs but he does not have fingers. He has a rounded belly. His legs are pressed together and end in a point, without feet. From the man’s head down to his lower back, he has a pronounced spine. In between his shoulder blades, there is a metal hook in a hole. In his lower back there is another hole.

A wooden headdress depicting a mythic antelope mother and child. The larger antelope has long horns, a narrow face, and a curved neck. Each horn has carved into it three sets of four rings. A pattern of carved lines runs vertically down each side and across the forehead. Attached to the face with small nails are metal decorations down both cheeks and across the forehead. A similar decoration is found on both sides of the torso and across the back. The eyes are made of metal nails with a large head. In the ears are round twisted metal rings. The small antelope is on her back. Its short horns are also carved with rings, two sets of four per horn. It has a round twisted metal nose ring, the same large-headed nails for eyes, and earrings of shell and red and blue plastic beads. The large-headed nails are used as decoration in various locations on the figure.

Rooster (Takawee)Kachina Doll Kachina body totally carved from one piece of cottonwood root. He has a muti-striped face and helmet type mask, black slit eyes and a yellow bird beak. He has a bare chest painted yellow on the PL side and blue on the PR. He wears a white cape, and holds a rattle in his PR hand and plant fibers in his PL hand. He wears a beaded necklace and jingle bells on the bands on top of his boots. This type of Kachina dates to the post-Spanish era when the Spanish brought chickens and roosters into the Hopi territory. Rooster Kachina may appear during winter kiva dances.

Brooklyn Museum Collection

Hat of handspun, hand loomed black cloth. Embellished with multi-coloured embroidery, white beads, white buttons, silvery metal discs, and red ribbon edging.