Batara Guru
Item
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Title
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Batara Guru
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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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30 5/16 x 9 1/16 inches; 77 x 23 cm
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Description
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In Javanese mythology, Batara Guru is the avatar of the Hindu God, Shiva, and the brother of Semar and Togog. His consort is Durga, the queen of death and destruction in the wayang world.
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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. 2008.073.064
