Accession No
TEMP.00110
Description
Ink drawing - 1 unaccessioned ink drawing of a figure holding a striped club in one hand and ?string round the wrist of the other hand. It is wearing a tall headdress with patterned tunic and checked trousers. Image in pink, yellow and black. Tex on the front reads 'Mah Mabu Shianan (Nijum Sri Rama) carrying batary pegada (=goda, club)'. Possibly based on myth cycles from which Wayang Golek and Kulit puppets are based, or the image is of the puppet itself.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Selangor; Kuala Langat District
Period
19th century
Source
'Abas ('Che) [artist]; Skeat, Walter William [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00110
Cultural Affliation
Material
Paper; Pigment
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
I unaccessioned ink drawing of a figure holding a striped club in one hand and ?string round the wrist of the other hand. It is wearing a tall headdress with patterned tunic and checked trousers. Image in pink, yellow and black. Tex on the front reads 'Mah Mabu Shianan (Nijum Sri Rama) carrying batary pegada (=goda, club)'. Possibly based on myth cycles from which Wayang Golek and Kulit puppets are based, or the image is of the puppet itself.
Event Date 17/4/2015
Author: maa
FM:268119
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