Shadow puppet representing Rokmini
Item
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Title
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Shadow puppet representing Rokmini
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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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14 15/16 x 3 15/16 inches; 38 x 10 cm
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Description
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Rokmini or Rukmini is a princess from the Kingdom of Widharba who married Kresna in the story of the Mahabharata.
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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. 2008.073.206
