Title
Wayang golek puppet - Bima
Year/Period
20th century
Region
Java
Object Type
Dimension
Object size: 92.5 x 39.1 x 10 cm,
Object size: XXXX-05630-001 24.5 x 10 x 23 cm,
Object size: XXXX-05630-002 70 x 39.1 x 7.5 cm,
Object size: XXXX-05630-003 52.2 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm
Object size: XXXX-05630-001 24.5 x 10 x 23 cm,
Object size: XXXX-05630-002 70 x 39.1 x 7.5 cm,
Object size: XXXX-05630-003 52.2 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm
Accession No.
XXXX-05630
Collection of
This puppet represents the character of Bima (Bhima), the second of the five Pandawa (Pandava) brothers from the epic, the Mahabharata. ‘Wayang golek’ is a puppet theatre using three-dimensional dolls. The dolls are manipulated by the ‘dalang’ (puppet master) by rods connected to the hands and head. ‘Wayang golek’ can be classified into three types depending on the stories they are performing and they are Wayang Golek Purwa, which derives its stories from the Hindu epic, the Ramayana and Mahabharata, Wayang Golek Gedog, which uses the Panji stories and Wayang Golek Menak, using the ‘Serat Menak’ or story of Amir Hamzah, Javanese adaptation of the Persian epic, the Hamzanamah.
