Shadow puppet

Museum number:
18-816
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180000816
Description:
puppet, shadow; depicts the nobleman Sadewa; tanned stiffened leather is cut to predetermined shape, small cutouts made, painted red, gold, yellow, black, green; both arms movable; mounted upon carved horn stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances held in front of screen and behind light, 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)
Loans:
S1978-1979 #7: Music Library (UC Berkeley)/Ann Basart (July 13, 1978–October 25, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-816, described as puppet, shadow; depicts the nobleman Sadewa; tanned stiffened leather is cut to predetermined shape, small cutouts made, painted red, gold, yellow, black, green; both arms movable; mounted upon carved horn stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances held in front of screen and behind light, moved
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-816, described as puppet, shadow; depicts the nobleman Sadewa; tanned stiffened leather is cut to predetermined shape, small cutouts made, painted red, gold, yellow, black, green; both arms movable; mounted upon carved horn stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances held in front of screen and behind light, moved

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