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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, museum number 18-892, described as shadow puppet; tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors; both arms move, mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved; Burisrawa, one of the Korawas in the Mahabharata
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, museum number 18-836, described as shadow puppet; depicts Merdah, a comic buffoon serving the forces of good; tanned stiffened leather cut in traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; heavy coat of brownish-black paint; one arm moves; mounted on carved horn stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, museum number 18-864, described as shadow puppet; a king; tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with gold body; both arms move, mounted on carved horn stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved; Basudewa, son of Baladewa, from the Mahabharata
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, museum number 18-857, described as shadow puppet; female; tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with pink body; both arms move, mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, museum number 18-887, described as shadow puppet; a buffoon; tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with flesh colored body; both arms move, mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved; Togog, a clownish servant
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, museum number 18-839, described as shadow puppet; depicts Merdah, a comic buffoon serving the forces of good; tanned stiffened leather cut in traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; heavy coat of brownish-black paint; one arm moves; mounted on carved horn stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, museum number 18-879, described as shadow puppet; Singa (lion); tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors; mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, museum number 18-1577, described as Shadow puppet; perforated cut-out figure; entirely painted green, yellow, red and black on one side; attached to stick (painted black) with black thread; anthropomorphic standing figure with tall conical hat; articulated arm with pointed finger attached to stick; patches of animal fur still attached to unpainted side
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, museum number 18-815, described as puppet, shadow; depicts a witch demoness; tanned stiffened leather is cut to predetermined shape, small cutouts made, whole is painted red; mounted upon wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances held in front of screen and behind light, moved; this character is a witch follower or Calon Arang, a principal figure in an indigenous Balinesse wayang kulit
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, museum number 18-886, described as shadow puppet; a buffoon; tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with red-brown body; both arms move (one is broken-incomplete), mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved; Togog, a clownish servant