Theater for Hand Puppets (Wayang Potehi) Artist: Bapak Gunawan

late 19th to mid-20th century

Indo-Pacific Art

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art
Medium

Painted wood with cotton, plastic, and metal

Dimensions

overall: 41 3/4 × 55 1/8 × 22 1/16 in. (106 × 140 × 56 cm)
a: 22 5/16 × 54 1/4 × 1 7/8 in. (56.7 × 137.8 × 4.8 cm)
b: 14 5/16 × 54 5/16 × 1 3/4 in. (36.4 × 138 × 4.4 cm)
c: 51 × 8 7/16 × 1 3/4 in. (129.5 × 21.4 × 4.4 cm)
d: 51 7/16 × 8 7/16 × 1 3/8 in. (130.7 × 21.4 × 3.5 cm)
e: 51 1/2 × 8 1/8 × 1 7/16 in. (130.8 × 20.6 × 3.7 cm)
f: 41 3/16 × 1 7/8 × 1 15/16 in. (104.6 × 4.8 × 4.9 cm)
g: 40 × 1 15/16 × 2 in. (101.6 × 4.9 × 5.1 cm)
h: 25 1/8 × 11 1/4 × 10 5/8 in. (63.8 × 28.6 × 27 cm)
i: 11 7/8 × 19 9/16 × 1 3/4 in. (30.2 × 49.7 × 4.4 cm)
j: 11 9/16 × 20 1/2 × 1 5/8 in. (29.4 × 52.1 × 4.1 cm)
k: 16 3/8 × 8 15/16 × 15/16 in. (41.6 × 22.7 × 2.4 cm)
l: 16 9/16 × 9 1/16 × 15/16 in. (42.1 × 23 × 2.4 cm)
m: 32 5/8 × 3 3/8 × 3 in. (82.9 × 8.6 × 7.6 cm)
n: 32 15/16 × 3 1/2 × 2 11/16 in. (83.7 × 8.9 × 6.8 cm)

Credit Line

The Dr. Walter Angst and Sir Henry Angest Collection

Accession Number

2018.130.19a-n

Geography

Made in Java, North Coast, Indonesia

Culture

Chinese Indonesian (Peranakan)

Classification

Architectural Elements

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Originally owned by Gunawan, Indonesia, mid 20th century. Sold to Tizar Purbaya, Indonesia; sold to Dr. Walter Angst (1942-2014), Uberlingen, Germany [See Note I]; by descent to Sir Henry Angest (b.1940), London, England, and Perth, Scotland, 2014 [See Note II]; gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2018.

Notes: [I] Dr. Walter Angst (1942-2014) was a primatologist and notable collector of ‘wayang’ (Indonesian puppets) and wayang-related material. From the 1970s he amassed a collection of more than 20,000 puppets, mostly in full sets. While most were acquired directly from Indonesian puppet masters and local dealers, he also purchased many on the international art market. His entire collection was gifted to the Yale University Art Gallery, along with his collection notes. Research is currently ongoing to confirm Angst’s acquisition of each object. [II] Upon Dr. Angst’s death, while legal title passed to his brother, Sir Henry Angest (b.1940), who resides in the United Kingdom, the collection remained in Germany until its donation to the YUAG.
Bibliography
  • "Selected Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2020–21), 170, ill
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
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Object/Work type

stages

Subject

Wayang plays

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