Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Wayang Klithik Dewi Sumbradra

A Wayang Klithik Puppet
identified as Dewi Sumbadra
circa1800s

36 cm high


Hand painted with traces of gilt and original kincu (vermillion) pigments and patination from age

Wayang klithik are flat wooden puppets that are supposed to be the predessors of the leather purwa puppets and are a genre found in East Java usually for the Damarwulan cycle.

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Bogor, West Java
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