Puppet

Museum number:
9-11378
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011378
Alternate number:
96 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Puppet, shadow; goat skin, cut and painted. 57 cm length; 40 cm width; This scene probably from the epic, Mahabharata, shows a battle.
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 (cured, cut, 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, in front of a light, behind a cloth; used only by men. Made by leather working caste.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 40 centimeters and length 57 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 9-11378, described as Puppet, shadow; goat skin, cut and painted. 57 cm length; 40 cm width; This scene probably from the epic, Mahabharata, shows a battle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 9-11378, described as Puppet, shadow; goat skin, cut and painted. 57 cm length; 40 cm width; This scene probably from the epic, Mahabharata, shows a battle.

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