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INDIONESIAN RITUAL SCREEN (GIAVA), WITH TORTOISE HANDLE AND BUFFALO LEATHER SCREEN, PIERCED AND GOLD AND BLACK PAINTED. IT REPRESENTS SRI KRESNA, SHARP, WISE AND PRUDENT, WHO EMBODIES THE JAVANESE IDEALS. CHARACTERISTIC GOD OF WAYANG KULIT, THE INDONESIAN SHADOW THEATRE WITH RELIGIOUS FUNCTION. PROBABLY SECOND HALF OF 1800. CM 32 x 18 |