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ID: 700001920 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001920 | Record Type: Movable Work |
Images: 1 | |
Makara (sculpture (visual works); unknown Indonesian; 9th century; Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands); AK-MAK-247; RM001.collect.1958) | |
Note: The jaws of this mythical aquatic animal are wide open. It has an elephant's trunk, ram's horns, snake's teeth and slit eyes. Between the impressive jaws sits a small lion. Strings of pearls pour from the lotus above the trunk. The being is a makara, a mythical animal, which features in both Hindu and Buddhist art. Makaras usually flanked the entrance to a temple or adorned an alcove or either end of a flight of stairs. The decoration of a temple entrance would consist of two makaras and a kala head, a monster's head which served to deter people with bad intentions. This makara once adorned the entrance to a ninth century temple on central Java. | |
Titles: |
Makara (preferred,C,U,RP,Dutch-P,U,U) |
Catalog Level: item |
sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) |
sculptures (preferred) |
Creation Date: 9th century |
unknown Indonesian [preferred,VP] |
anoniem [,VP] |
artist unknown Indonesian (Indonesian cultural designation) [500203452] |
Locations: |
Current: Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) [500246547] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body) |
Repository Numbers: AK-MAK-247; RM001.collect.1958 |
Credit Line: Bruikleen van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst |
Other: Creation: Prambanan [7003699] Jawa Tengah (province), Indonesia (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
Display Materials: andesite |
andesite [300011213] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), igneous rock, <igneous rock by composition>, <igneous rock by composition: chemical>, intermediate igneous rock) |
Dimensions: dimensions: 97 x 99 x 37 cm; weight: 322 kg |
exhibition: Wie schrijft die blijft. Zij drukten hun stempel op de Zeeuwse geschiedenis, 2005-02-05 - |
religion and mythology (preferred) |
Makara [901000386] | |
.....((Hindu characters, Hindu iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
Copyright: Public Domain |
Provenance: bruikleen 1972 |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures |
Additional Notes: |
Dutch ..... Makara, onderste gedeelte van een ornament, welke de ingang van één van de tempels in de Prambanan-regio versierde. De makara is een mythologisch waterdier met een wijd open bek en een gekrulde olifantenslurf. |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Makara | ........ [VP,Rijksmuseum] |
........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-247; accessed 4 September 2012 | |
........ Rijksmuseum XML files (2012) accessed 4 September 2012 | |
Subject: ....... [VP,Rijksmuseum] |
....................... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 4 September 2012 |
....................... Rijksmuseum XML files (2012) |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/AK-MAK-247; accessed 14 September 2012 | |
Dutch | ..... [VP] |
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