Dukun Chair

SUBJECT: ANTIQUE CHAIR OF A WAROK (MYSTIC PRIEST IN THE LINAGE OF KI AGENG KUTU, COURT POET TO THE LAST MAJAPAHIT KING BRA KERTABUMI IN THE 15TH C.).  KI AGENG KUTU FOUNDED A SCHOOL OF ESTERIC KNOWLEDGE WITH EMPHISIS ON THE MYSTIC ARTS, INVULNERABILITY MAGIC, MARTIAL ARTS (SILAT), TANTRAYANA BUDDHISM AND ILMU KASAMPURNAAN (THE SCIENCE OF PERFECTION).

CARVING ON THE BACK OF THE CHAIR REPRESENTS THE SINGO BARONG..
SINGO BARONG WAS A LION HEADED FOREST KING WHO WAS DEFEATED IN BATTLE BY THE POWERFUL KING KELONGO SEWANDONO OF KEDIRI (ANCIENT KINGDOM OF EAST JAVA) . THE SINGO BARONG SUBSUQUENTLY BECAME THE SERVENT AND PROTECTOR OF THE KING. THE SINGA BARONG IS THE MAIN CHARACTER  IN THE "REOG" DANCE TO WHICH THE TOWN OF PONOROGO IS MOST FAMOUS.

ORIGIN: PONOROGO, EAST JAVA.

AGE: CIRCA 1900

HEIGHT: 33 INCHES X WIDTH 21 INCHES

CONDITION: EXCELLENT ANTIQUE CONDITION. WELL WORN BAMBOO SEAT IS ONE OF PROBABLY MULTIPLE REPLACEMENTS. TWO CONTEMPORARY SUPPORT BARS HAVE BEEN ADDED UNDERNEATH.
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