shadow puppet
- Museum number
- As1969,07.36
- Description
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Register 1969:
Male shadow puppet, made of hide with central horn handle and bamboo handles attached to body and movable arms. Painted yellow, red, white, black. Carved. Figure of an unspecified prime minister.
- Production date
- 19thC(late)-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Length: 53.60 centimetres (top of puppet to end of body support and not inc arm supports)
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Weight: 91 grammes
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Width: 11 centimetres (heel to toe)
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Width: 12.40 centimetres (shoulder to shoulder)
- Curator's comments
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Register says: Male figure similar to As1969,07.30 but without a gold ornamented strap running across the chest. Solout similar to 30 also.
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Register 1969:
Bali.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1969
- Acquisition notes
- M L J Lemaire was a Tribal Art dealer based in Amsterdam. He acquired the shadow puppets from a Dutch colonial official who had been based in Bali and returned to the Netherlands with the puppets just after the First World War.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1969,07.36