Shadow puppet representing Bagong
Item
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Title
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Shadow puppet representing Bagong
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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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25 3/16 x 10 1/4 inches; 64 x 26 cm
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Description
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Bagong is one of the Punakawan and one of the children of Semar. He is always depicted as short and fat with wide eyes and mouth. His character is presumptuous but honest, and hasty when doing things.
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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. 2008.073.018
