Object class: Shadow puppets / Accession year: [Missing] / Function: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-892, described as shadow puppet; tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors; both arms move, mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved; Burisrawa, one of the Korawas in the Mahabharata

Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-836, described as shadow puppet; depicts Merdah, a comic buffoon serving the forces of good; tanned stiffened leather cut in traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; heavy coat of brownish-black paint; one arm moves; mounted on carved horn stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved

Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-874, described as shadow puppet; nobleman; tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with brown body; both arms move, mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved; Resi Krepa, from the Mahabharata

Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-830, described as shadow puppet; depict Kresna (Krishna), a hero of the Mahabharata cycle; tanned stiffened leather cut in traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with a blue-gray on body; both arms move; horn mounting; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances of the Mahabharata; held in front of light, behind screen, moved; the same puppet may be used to depict Prince Rama, as both are avatars of Vishnu

Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-948, described as shadow puppet; depicts Lord Bhima, one of the Pandawa brothers of the Mahabharata; cardboard, sized and painted various colors; small decorative cutouts; no mounting on stick as is usual with this figures; arms move; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved

Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-826, described as shadow puppet; a holy man; cut in traditional pattern from tanned stiffened leather; small decorative cutouts; panted various colors; one arm moves; mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wayang kulit performances; held in front of screen, behind light, moved; this character is a holy man used in various plays - his name depends on the story: sometimes Desimana Sulea or, in the Mahabharata, Baladewa Sepah (Baladewa as an old man).

Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-819, described as puppet, shadow; depicts Sugriwa, a monkey general from the Hindu epic Ramayana; tanned stiffened leather is cut to predetermined shape, small cutouts made, painted various colors; both arms movable, one arm-support missing; mounted upon wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances held in front of screen and behind light, moved

Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-845, described as shadow puppet; depicts a demon with a sword; tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with primarily gray body; mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved; this demon is a follower of the goddess Durga

Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-861, described as shadow puppet; nobleman; tanned stiffened leather cut to traditional pattern; small decorative cutouts; painted various colors with white body; both arms move, mounted on carved wood stick; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances; held in front of light, behind screen, moved; represents Lesmana, brother of Rama in the Ramayana

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