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

Work Types:

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>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 9th century

Creator Display:

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] (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

Events:

exhibition: Wie schrijft die blijft. Zij drukten hun stempel op de Zeeuwse geschiedenis, 2005-02-05 -

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	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]