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Shadow puppet
Object Number 11-49-70/83260
Display Title Shadow puppet
Descriptions
Object Description Shadow puppet
Inventory Description Puppet, standing male figure, composed of cut, patinated, and painted leather, gold body, red face, multi-colored dress. Large curving wooden stick fastened by fiber to body, wooden sticks fastened by fiber to each hand, fiber joining elbows and shoulders.
Classification
  • Art 2-D
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Javanese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Java
Materials Leather, Wood, Fiber, Paint, Gold leaf
Dimensions Overall: 74 × 36 × 2 cm (29 1/8 × 14 3/16 × 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 83260

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