Puppet

Museum number:
9-11379
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
97 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Puppet, shadow;; goat skin, cut and painted 67 cm length; 54.5 cm width this scene shows a demon, probably Ravana being carried in chains on elephants, from the epic Ramayana.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Mysore, Karnataka State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Mysore
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Goat skin (cut, cured, and painted)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shadow puppets
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
For shadow puppet play performances; puppet is manipulated by a stick, behind a cloth in front of a light; used by men only. Made by leather worker caste.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 54.5 centimeters and length 67 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 9-11379, described as Puppet, shadow;; goat skin, cut and painted 67 cm length; 54.5 cm width this scene shows a demon, probably Ravana being carried in chains on elephants, from the epic Ramayana.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 9-11379, described as Puppet, shadow;; goat skin, cut and painted 67 cm length; 54.5 cm width this scene shows a demon, probably Ravana being carried in chains on elephants, from the epic Ramayana.

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