Shadow puppet representing Hanuman
Item
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Title
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Shadow puppet representing Hanuman
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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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29 15/16 x 12 3/16 inches; 76 x 31 cm
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Description
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Hanuman is the commander of the monkey armies who helps Rama in his search for Sita and in the battle against Rahwana in the epic of the Ramayana. Hanuman serves under the monkey king Sugriwa. After Rama helps Sugriwa regain his throne from his brother, Subali, Sugriwa orders his monkey armies to search Sita in all four directions and Hanuman leads the search to the South. Hanuman finally finds Sita in Rahwana’s palace in Alengka and reports back to Rama. With his monkey armies, Hanuman built a bridge to Alengka by throwing boulders into the ocean for Rama and Laksmana to cross.
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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. 2008.073.069
