Shadow puppet

Museum number:
18-836
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180000836
Description:
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
Collection place:
Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shadow puppets
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession 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
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession 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

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