Shadow puppet
Medium:Pierced, painted and gilt animal hide with wooden rods
Geography: Java, Indonesia
Date: late 19th Century
Dimensions:Ht. 64.5 x Wt. 64 cm
Object number: 2004.106.1
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Julyan Mulock and Richard, Julian, and Nigel Mulock
DescriptionShadow puppet with wooden rods. Has curled black hair and white face. The body section is painted gold with a decorated lhungi and headdress. Each arm is painted gold and is in two sections, joined at the elbow and each attached to the body at the shoulder and to a rod at its hands. The central supporting rod runs straight up behind one leg and is shaped in a serpentine curve to fit the shape of the puppet.
