Malat: Panji's haircut

Title of artwork
Malat: Panji's haircut
Date of work
1870
Locations
Kamasan
Narrative
Malat
Collected in ...
Achmea Insurance Company
Kees Maaswinkel
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Description
Paguntingan sira Panji: Prabu Melayu cuts Panji's hear (lower-right scene). The hair-cutting scene is diagonally opposite a scene of Panji and Melayu meeting a princess (probably Rangkesari), who is playing what appears to be gender music with her companions. Other scenes should Panji's companions travelling with gifts.
Abstracted summary
This event occurs in the latter part of the Malat narrative, when the princes are in the court of the king of Gegelang.
Width (cm)
235