shadow puppet; female; tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors; both arms move, mounted on carved horn stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved; Kunti, mother of the Pandawas in the Mahabharata
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