Shadow puppet

Museum number:
18-837
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180000837
Description:
shadow puppet; depicts Sangut, a comic character serving the forces of evil; tanned stiffened leather cut in traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with red-brown body; both arms move; mounted on carved horn stick; tuft of hair on head; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, 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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-837, described as shadow puppet; depicts Sangut, a comic character serving the forces of evil; tanned stiffened leather cut in traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with red-brown body; both arms move; mounted on carved horn stick; tuft of hair on head; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-837, described as shadow puppet; depicts Sangut, a comic character serving the forces of evil; tanned stiffened leather cut in traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with red-brown body; both arms move; mounted on carved horn stick; tuft of hair on head; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved

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