Shadow puppet representing monkeys
Item
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Title
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Shadow puppet representing monkeys
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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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19 5/16 x 19 11/16 inches; 49 x 50 cm
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Description
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This shadow puppet representing the monkeys depicts a group of monkeys hoisting boulders and buckets of stones. They are likely a part of the story within the epic of the Ramayana where Hanuman, the white monkey, leads the monkey armies to build a bridge to Alengka by throwing boulders and rocks into the ocean. Hanuman and the monkey armies help Rama and Laksmana in their mission to save Sita from the hands of the demon king Rahwana.
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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. 2008.073.030
Monkeys