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Java : Gamelan, Topeng (Masks), costumes and props.

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Photographs of Indonesia. Box 12.

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22 photographs, by Claire Holt, Jaap Kunst, and uncredited photographers, of gamelan (orchestras) from various times and locations. 24 photographs, by Claire Holt, Alfred Hudson, and uncredited photographers, of Topeng (masks) from different parts of Java; many from the collection of Mangkunagara VII of Surakarta.
Many of the masks represent characters from the Panji cycle (Panji, Klono, Candra Kirana); others are used in plays derived from the Hindu epics the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.
29 photographs, mostly by Claire Holt, depict dance costume accessories (praba or winglike ornaments, headpieces, jewelry) and props (implements and weapons) in the collection of Mangkunagara VII of Surakarta. The noted dancing master Gusti Pangeran Aria Tedjakusuma appears in one photograph.

Call Number

*MGZEB 87-288

OCLC

NYPY887034913-F

Author

Holt, Claire.

Title

Java : Gamelan, Topeng (Masks), costumes and props.

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Local Subject

Panji cycle.

Klono (Dance)

Added Author

Hudson, Alfred B.

Kunst, Jaap, 1891-1960.

Found In:

Photographs of Indonesia. Box 12.

Research Call Number

*MGZEB 87-288