Wayang Golek Puppet: Bima
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Aug 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1974 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Edward H. Smith Jr.
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Edward H. Smith
label: Donor Name
content: Edward H. Smith Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: A blunt and powerful warrior, he is second of the Pandawa brothers in the Mahabharata stories and spiritual son of the god Baju. In one story, his quest for true knowledge and self identification leads him into the ocean, where he is seized by a serpent but he manages to pierce it with his long thumbnail.
label: Notes
content: Wayang golek puppet with large carved wooden head. Face painted beige with rounded red eyes, broad pointed nose over incised black moustache and large ornamented ears. Black incised hair curves upwards into a spiral. Multi-colored medallion above forehead. Black body with snake wrapped around torso. Black apron worn over blue, black, and beige batik skirt. Jointed wooden arms, hands with red talons, and rods attached to hands.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Oct 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: West Java, Indonesia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Javanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361230
label: USNM Number
content: E431819-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Puppet
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 72 cm