Arjuna, Central Javanese Puppet

Title: Arjuna, Central Javanese Puppet
Description: Shadow Puppet (Arjuna, Central Javanese puppet from the Hindu epic, Mahabharata), Banks collected this and other Indonesian puppets separately; these puppets were not used in wayang kulit performances in Kedah, made of cowhide, paint color (black, blue, gold, brown, green, pink, purple, and red), string (bamboo), curved patterns, features (moveable right and left arm and moveable right and left arm ligaments), Height: 40.9 cm, Width:14.9 cm, width including moveable right and left arm extended: 67.5 cm
Attribution: Malaysian government shop in Kuala Lumpur
Date: Acquisition date 1974
Material: Cowhide, bamboo string, paint: black, blue, gold, green, pink, purple, and red