Shadow puppet representing Togog
Item
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Title
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Shadow puppet representing Togog
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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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21 5/8 x 12 3/16 inches; 55 x 31 cm
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Description
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Unlike his younger brother Semar, Togog is the advisor to the evil forces on the left side of the screen. As the advisor to the Kurawa in the Mahabharata epic in Javanese shadow play, Togog is often perceived as evil.
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Provenance
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Gift of Joseph Fischer acquired through the George and Mary Rockwell Fund and the gift of Louise Taraldson Woods by exchange
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Rights
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Collection of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. Coll. no. 2008.073.017
