Wayang Golek Puppet: Naga
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: Serpent god, often taken as a symbol of the cycles of time. Nagas possess courage and are quite violent. Though enemies of the gods, Nagas are not unfavorable to men and can intermarry as does Arjuna in the Mahabharata stories.
label: Notes
content: Oversize wayang golek puppet with carved wooden head of demoniac features. Red bulging eyes and open mouth with large red tongue licking upper teeth. Scales carved on neck, upper body, and arms. Hands end in red fingers. Small brown apron worn over long blue, brown, and beige batik skirt.
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: E431793-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Puppet
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 89 cm