Period:Unknown Production date:1850-1950 (circa)
Materials:donkey skin
Technique:stained, painted, incised,
Dimensions:Height: 17.40 centimetres Weight: 1 grammes Width: 10.40 centimetres
Description:
Shadow puppet head, made from donkey hide with incised, stained and painted detail. Packaging notes that this is a clown’s head. Open black face, thick yellow rimmed eye, red lips, yellow teeth, black pointed beard and moustache. ‘Bird’ motif at forehead, elaborate head piece with large circles at top, remainder consisting of mainly green stripes bordered with black with scrolled incised detail. Red rosette at rear, two green pendants with red circle above at ear and nape. Use of shading for dimension effect, hide very fine. Yellow long protrusion at nape, in two pieces of hide bound together.
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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: 17.40 centimetres Weight: 1 grammes Width: 10.40 centimetres
Description:
Shadow puppet head, made from donkey hide with incised, stained and painted detail. Packaging notes that this is a clown’s head. Open black face, thick yellow rimmed eye, red lips, yellow teeth, black pointed beard and moustache. ‘Bird’ motif at forehead, elaborate head piece with large circles at top, remainder consisting of mainly green stripes bordered with black with scrolled incised detail. Red rosette at rear, two green pendants with red circle above at ear and nape. Use of shading for dimension effect, hide very fine. Yellow long protrusion at nape, in two pieces of hide bound together.
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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