Bima
Item
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Title
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Bima
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Creator
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Unidentified artist
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Subject
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Shadow puppet
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Culture
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Javanese
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Medium
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Buffalo leather; buffalo horn; pigments
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Format
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28 x 9 1/2 inches; 71.1 x 24.1 cm
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Description
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Bima is the second son of Pandu and one of the five Pandawa brothers in the epic of the Mahabharata. He is known for his physical might and prowess in the battlefield as reflected iconographically through his bigger size, chest hair, and a slightly more kasar (rough) facial features in comparison to his brothers, Yudistira, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sadewa. In the Great War of Bharatayuda, Bima is the one who eventually slayed the king of the Kurawa, Duryodhana.
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Provenance
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Gift of Claire Holt and Benedict R.O'G. Anderson
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Rights
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Collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. Coll. no. 81.033.002
Bima