Shadow puppet

Museum number:
18-853
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180000853
Description:
shadow puppet; a demon; tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with yellowish body; one arm moves, mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved; a courtier of Rawana in the Ramayana
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-853, described as shadow puppet; a demon; tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with yellowish body; one arm moves, mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved; a courtier of Rawana in the Ramayana
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-853, described as shadow puppet; a demon; tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with yellowish body; one arm moves, mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved; a courtier of Rawana in the Ramayana

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