Wayang Golek Puppet: Semar
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: God-clown-servant to the Pandawas, in reality Semar is the god Ismaja and elder brother of Guru. An important figure in Indonesian versions of the Ramayana and Mahabharata but unknown in India. As mediator between his masters and the gods, he is particularly powerful and never in the wrong.
label: Notes
content: Wayang golek puppet with carved wooden head painted beige with exaggerated jaw and mouth with one tooth. A knob protrudes from his forehead and he has smooth black hair. He has black, bare upper torso with rounded stomach and wears a long checkered skirt. Jointed wooden arms have rods attached.
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: E431775-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Puppet
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 55 cm