Accession No

2004.52


Description

Batik cloth decorated with a wayang kulit or shadow puppet figure. Rectangular cloth with a Rakshasa figure stanging facing left and wearing an elaborate headdress and clothing; brown background with motif in yellow, white and blue; small zoomorphic figures, possibly serpents at ankles, arms and waist; signed and dated 1973 in bottom right corner.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Indonesia; Java; Yogyakarta


Period


Source

Bowmer, John [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

2004.52; 60 [Bowmer Coll.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Cotton; Cloth; Pigment


Local Term

Wayang Kulit; Raksasa


Measurements

640mm x 940mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Donor’s catalogue card reads: ‘Batik Painting I/17 60 INDONESIA Classical Yogya colours. Wayang kulit - raksasa. Taman Sari, Yogya. Purchased Yogya [19]74 +/- Rp 2000.’
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Signed and dated in bottom right corner: '[?] 73'
Event Date 1973
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Batik cloth depicting a single figure. Wayang kulit style. The figure may be Raksasa. The design is in yellow, blue, black and white on a brown background. The figure is facing the left and is wearing an elaborate costume and headdress. Signed and dated in the bottom right hand corner '73.'
Event Date 2004
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Batik cloth decorated with a wayang kulit or shadow puppet figure. Rectangular cloth with a Rakshasa figure stanging facing left and wearing an elaborate headdress and clothing; brown background with motif in yellow, white and blue; small zoomorphic figures, possibly serpents at ankles, arms and waist; signed and dated 1973 in bottom right corner.
Event Date 29/7/2024
Author: Katrina Dring


Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.5990 | Freezing
Event Date 2/8/2024
Author: Anne Doering


FM:265282

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