Rawwana
Item
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Title
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Rawwana
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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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Date
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early to mid 20th century
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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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Description
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Rawwana or Rahwana or Dasamuka is the demon king often depicted with many hands and heads who ruled Alengka who abducts Sita as a form of vengeance towards Rama after Rama rejects the love of Rahwana’s sister, Surpanakha, and physically wounds her. Rahwana flies Sita to Alengka and keeps her captive while trying to poison and seduce her. At the end of the epic, Rahwana was slain by Rama with the help of Hanuman and his monkey armies.
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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. 81.033.017
Rawwana