Title
Wayang golek puppet - Kresna
Year/Period
20th century
Region
Java
Object Type
wayang golek puppets
Dimension
Object size: 82.5 x 35.3 x 7 cm,
Object size: XXXX-05632-001 21.5 x 7 x 19 cm,
Object size: XXXX-05632-002 63.5 x 35.3 x 5.5 cm,
Object size: XXXX-05632-003 50 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Object size: XXXX-05632-001 21.5 x 7 x 19 cm,
Object size: XXXX-05632-002 63.5 x 35.3 x 5.5 cm,
Object size: XXXX-05632-003 50 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Accession No.
XXXX-05632
Collection of
NLB Type
Cultural artefact
This puppet represents the character of Kresna (Krishna) from the epic, the Mahabharata. He is king of Dwarawati and the incarnation of Wisnu (Vishnu).‘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.
