| Collection Number | 50 |
| Title | Sakera ditarik kereta api/Sakera pulled by a train |
| Time | 1945 Circa |
| Time Acquisition | 1995 |
| Place | Madura/East Java, Indonesia |
| Place of Acquisition | Imam Antique Shop, Bondowoso, East Java, Indonesia |
| Name Painter (Place and Year of Birth-Death) |
Unknown |
| Size | 64cm x 30cm |
| Category (Sub-Category) |
History (Colonial Times) |
| Current Location | Bangkok, Thailand (Home) |
| Description | Sakera is a heroic (pre-independence) freedom fighter. Born in Sampang, Madura, he used the clurit (sickle) as a symbol of resistance of commoners against Dutch colonizers (while for the Dutch the clurit was a weapon of criminals). According to popular history Sakera had the soul of a knight and was not afraid to fight the Dutch. Also, it is told that Sakera defended the weakest: he took from the rich to give to poor people in Sampang.
In Madura/East Java many glass paintings portray Sakera with the typical Madura red-and-white stripe shirt in various poses. In this painting Sakera is portrayed as being tortured by being pulled by a train, while in the background a Dutch colonial police agent run after a fugitive. On the express train is written “Tindakan ekspres djalan 100, nasip sudah P. Sakera” (liberally translated as “The express train runs at 100 km per hours and Sakera already met his fate/died” |