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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1928.88.2 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name shadow puppet, puppet Title Wayang Kulit Description Two-dimensional puppet, articulated at elbows and wrists with sticks to quide the movements. Shows a princely character with blue and pink trousers and bracelets, and dark hair styled in a upward curve. Wayang Kulit means shadow theatre. Shadow puppets from Java are often cut from leather, though this one has been cut from cardboard, painted and gilded (source extensions folder). Wayang often tells the stories from the epics Mahabarata and Ramayana, featuring well-known characters such as the five Pandavas and Rama and Sita. Production place Java, Asia Production period Colonial Dimensions height: 59.00 cm width: 22.00 cm 1.00 cm Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1928.88.2
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

shadow puppet, puppet
Title

Wayang Kulit
Description

Two-dimensional puppet, articulated at elbows and wrists with sticks to quide the movements. Shows a princely character with blue and pink trousers and bracelets, and dark hair styled in a upward curve. Wayang Kulit means shadow theatre. Shadow puppets from Java are often cut from leather, though this one has been cut from cardboard, painted and gilded (source extensions folder). Wayang often tells the stories from the epics Mahabarata and Ramayana, featuring well-known characters such as the five Pandavas and Rama and Sita.
Production place

Java, Asia
Production period

Colonial
Dimensions

Details