Kekayon or Gunungan (feminine) - Tree of Life (shadow puppet)

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posted on 2016-05-16, 00:25 authored by Music Archive of Monash UniversityMusic Archive of Monash University

Kekayon or Gunungan (feminine) usually translated as ‘Tree of Life’. Leather shadow puppet in Cirebon style. From the Mahabharata.

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Collector/donor

Jeune Scott-Kemball

Collection date

1970s

Ethno/lingual group

Cirebon-Javanese

Collection Type

puppet

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Javanese puppet Mahabharata Wayang Kulit Nobility Indonesian puppet Shadow puppet Music archive of Monash University Digital Humanities Performing Arts Ethnic Studies

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