Period:Unknown Production date:1850-1950 (circa)
Materials:donkey skin
Technique:stained, painted, incised,
Dimensions:Height: 13.90 centimetres Weight: 1 grammes Width: 11 centimetres Depth: 0.10 centimetres
Description:
Shadow puppet head, made from donkey hide. Incised, stained and painted detail. From a set packaged as ‘female character’s heads;’ As.2000.1.117 to 140. Open black face, red lips, curled fringe. Head piece predominately red and yellow, with black ‘bird’ or spike motif at forehead; a series of vertical red and yellow circles; a large red circle at top of head, next to a black eye. Rear of head piece has long yellow spike, and long neck shield at base in red bordered with black and yellow, above which is an animal face. The neck shield is made from two pieces of hide bound together by hide.
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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
Technique:stained, painted, incised,
Dimensions:Height: 13.90 centimetres Weight: 1 grammes Width: 11 centimetres Depth: 0.10 centimetres
Description:
Shadow puppet head, made from donkey hide. Incised, stained and painted detail. From a set packaged as ‘female character’s heads;’ As.2000.1.117 to 140. Open black face, red lips, curled fringe. Head piece predominately red and yellow, with black ‘bird’ or spike motif at forehead; a series of vertical red and yellow circles; a large red circle at top of head, next to a black eye. Rear of head piece has long yellow spike, and long neck shield at base in red bordered with black and yellow, above which is an animal face. The neck shield is made from two pieces of hide bound together by hide.
IMG
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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