Patih
Item
- Title
- Patih
- Creator
- Unidentified artist
- Subject
- Shadow puppet
- Culture
- Javanese
- Medium
- Buffalo leather; buffalo horn; pigments
- Description
- This rod puppet of wayang golek seems to be a representation of a character type depicting a patih or an official. It is likely a part of the wayang play of the East Javanese stories, such as Panji or Damarwulan.
- Provenance
- Gift of Claire Holt and Benedict R.O'G. Anderson
- Rights
- Collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. Coll. no. 81.033.030
- Item sets
- Claire Holt
- Site pages
- Panji Romance
- Media
Patih