Shadow puppet of Dewa Varuna, the god of the Ocean, made of carved and painted leather. His body is painted a blue-green colour, and he has an animal's snout with flames emerging from his mouth. He has a diadem and is crowned with a candi agung (a great crown) and a garuda mungkur behind.
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