Shadow puppet

Museum number:
9-18662
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4290
Description:
Shadow puppet; unarticulated profile of anthorpomorphic male with moustache and beard, carrying bow; red coat, pants, shoes and hat with black, unpainted and blue ornaments; small central section sewn in remnants of occasional string ties remain where wooden rib (missing) was placed; character in shadow theater
Donor:
Robert Jessup
Collection place:
Karnataka State, India
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shadow puppets
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
December 7, 1987
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 9-18662, described as Shadow puppet; unarticulated profile of anthorpomorphic male with moustache and beard, carrying bow; red coat, pants, shoes and hat with black, unpainted and blue ornaments; small central section sewn in remnants of occasional string ties remain where wooden rib (missing) was placed; character in shadow theater
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 9-18662, described as Shadow puppet; unarticulated profile of anthorpomorphic male with moustache and beard, carrying bow; red coat, pants, shoes and hat with black, unpainted and blue ornaments; small central section sewn in remnants of occasional string ties remain where wooden rib (missing) was placed; character in shadow theater

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