Shadow puppet

Museum number:
18-813
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180000813
Object count:
1
Description:
puppet, shadow; depicts large elephant; leather, tanned, cutouts, painted various colors; mounted upon wood stick, fastened to this by fiber throng; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances held behind screen and in front of light, moved to create shadow effect
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 1 of 2 titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-813, described as puppet, shadow; depicts large elephant; leather, tanned, cutouts, painted various colors; mounted upon wood stick, fastened to this by fiber throng; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances held behind screen and in front of light, moved to create shadow effectHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-813, described as puppet, shadow; depicts large elephant; leather, tanned, cutouts, painted various colors; mounted upon wood stick, fastened to this by fiber throng; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances held behind screen and in front of light, moved to create shadow effect
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shadow puppet, accession number 18-813, described as puppet, shadow; depicts large elephant; leather, tanned, cutouts, painted various colors; mounted upon wood stick, fastened to this by fiber throng; used as puppet in wajang kulit performances held behind screen and in front of light, moved to create shadow effect

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