Shadow puppet

Museum number:
18-871
Permalink:
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Description:
shadow puppet; a demon or monkey; tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with reddish body; both arms move, mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved; Riwanda Gheni, the “ape with hair like fire”
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 18-871, described as shadow puppet; a demon or monkey; tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with reddish body; both arms move, mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved; Riwanda Gheni, the “ape with hair like fire”
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-871, described as shadow puppet; a demon or monkey; tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with reddish body; both arms move, mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved; Riwanda Gheni, the “ape with hair like fire”

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