shadow puppet
- Museum number
- As1859,1228.551
- Description
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Shadow puppet of a monster, 'Buta Kimul'. Made of hide, horn and gold leaf. Carved, painted and gilded.
- Production date
- Late 1700s - early 1800s (Before 1816)
- Dimensions
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Length: 77 centimetres (top of hair to end of body support)
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Weight: 313 grammes
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Width: 30.50 centimetres (heel to toe)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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Previously spelled 'Boeta Kimoel' in the database.
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This is a puppet from Wayang Purwa.
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For further reading, see:
Jeune Scott-Kemball, 'Javanese Shadow Puppets', BMP, 1970;
James R. Brandon, 'On Thrones of Gold, Three Javanese Shadow Plays', Harvard, 1970;
Shelagh Weir, 'Shadow Play Puppets', "Discovering Antiquities", 1971, Issue 72, pp.1725-1728;
'Lordly Shades, Wayang Purwa Indonesia', published through the generosity of Bapak Probosoetedjo, Jakarta, 1984;
Ward Keeler, 'Javanese Shadow Plays', Princeton, 1987;
Nigel Barley (ed.), 'The Golden Sword, Stamford Raffles and the East', BMP, 1999. Raffles Register, 1949, Section III, Misc. Wayang 68.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2019 29 Jan-May, Singapore, Asian Civilisations Museum, Raffles in Southeast Asia
2019-2020 Sept-Jan, Gallery 91, Sir Stamford Raffles
- Acquisition date
- 1859
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1859,1228.551
