Period:Unknown Production date:1850-1950 (circa)
Materials:donkey skin, metal, bamboo,
Technique:stained, painted, incised,
Dimensions:Height: 48.80 centimetres Weight: 18 grammes Width: 10.30 centimetres Depth: 1 centimetres
Description:
Shadow puppet body, made from donkey hide, head missing. With three metal rods attached to arms and neck. Two rods have bamboo attached, one arm joint is missing bamboo handle. Joints fasten with string. Incised, stained and painted detail. Fine example of intricate incisions and paintwork. Predominately yellow base except for plain red upper arms. Torso has long necked creature (dragon?). Sleeves are wide, flared, with red floral centre and red and yellow striped pattern either side of central flower. Centre piece of puppet has waistband feature bordered in black. Upper part of legs has floral and stripe detail similar to arms, lower part of cuffs has vertical red and yellow stripes. Small red shoes with black heel.
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Comments:Typed note found in storage with puppets contains the following details: – collection dates to the 1950s- puppets would have been used by the puppeteer as he toured around villages to perform popular plays- collection also contains a large number of older puppets serving as the master set and dating from the end of the 19th century.- shadow plays are still performed today, but collections such as these are often broken up and sold individually.- the collection is representative of what puppeteers has at their disposal for performances – various props, animals, bodies and over 300 heads to provide the flexibility to perform characters from a range of religious and folk stories, myths and historical events.- made from donkey hide, tanned, stained and decorated with intricate cut out designs.- the puppeteer manipulates the puppets on one side of a cloth screen and the details of each puppet are projected onto the other side.
Materials:donkey skin, metal, bamboo,
Technique:stained, painted, incised,
Dimensions:Height: 48.80 centimetres Weight: 18 grammes Width: 10.30 centimetres Depth: 1 centimetres
Description:
Shadow puppet body, made from donkey hide, head missing. With three metal rods attached to arms and neck. Two rods have bamboo attached, one arm joint is missing bamboo handle. Joints fasten with string. Incised, stained and painted detail. Fine example of intricate incisions and paintwork. Predominately yellow base except for plain red upper arms. Torso has long necked creature (dragon?). Sleeves are wide, flared, with red floral centre and red and yellow striped pattern either side of central flower. Centre piece of puppet has waistband feature bordered in black. Upper part of legs has floral and stripe detail similar to arms, lower part of cuffs has vertical red and yellow stripes. Small red shoes with black heel.
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Comments:Typed note found in storage with puppets contains the following details: – collection dates to the 1950s- puppets would have been used by the puppeteer as he toured around villages to perform popular plays- collection also contains a large number of older puppets serving as the master set and dating from the end of the 19th century.- shadow plays are still performed today, but collections such as these are often broken up and sold individually.- the collection is representative of what puppeteers has at their disposal for performances – various props, animals, bodies and over 300 heads to provide the flexibility to perform characters from a range of religious and folk stories, myths and historical events.- made from donkey hide, tanned, stained and decorated with intricate cut out designs.- the puppeteer manipulates the puppets on one side of a cloth screen and the details of each puppet are projected onto the other side.
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