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Rod PuppetIb339

Humanoid figure in three parts: body (part b), head (part b), and single controlling rod (part c). Face flesh coloured, with snout-like nose, small eyes with red irises, black moustache, and small beard. Red lips drawn back, small white teeth visible. Gelung headdress has gold jamang; gold sumping has red upper, lower surfaces, extends behind head; ornaments (sumping) behind ears have horizontal stripes in red, white. Black hair forms bump at back of head. Body unpainted; slender with narrow waist. Arms unpainted, red bracelets; hands at right angle to arms; hand on left resembles paw, hand on right has long fingers, thumb curled under palm. String joining upper arm on right to shoulder; broken. Cord holds arm into coat at elbow. Puppet wears long black fitted coat with white collar. Light brown sarong has medium brown and blue floral batik design, purple stitching; many holes, tear at front hem. Controlling rod unpainted, spear-shaped; fits through body, turns head.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, cotton fibre, paint and fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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