Wayang golek puppet representing a clown (Petruk)
Item
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Title
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Wayang golek puppet representing a clown (Petruk)
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Creator
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Unidentified artist
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Subject
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Rod puppet
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Date
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1960s
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Culture
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Javanese
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Medium
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Painted wood, cotton, polyester
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Format
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h: 26 inches (66 cm)
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Description
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Petruk is one of the Punakawan whose characteristics are his long limbs and long nose. He likes to tell jokes and his sense of humor makes him into one of the most popular Punakawan as dalangs or puppeteers developed stories centered around Petruk.
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Provenance
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Gift of Martin and Susan Hatch
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Rights
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Collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. Coll. no. 2009.058.009
