shadow puppet; depicts Limbruk, a clownish female servant; tanned stiffened leather cut in traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted; one arm moves; mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wayang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved
Collection place:
Cirebon, Java, Indonesia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shadow puppets
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama