shadow puppet
- Museum number
- As1969,07.44
- Description
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Register 1969:
Male shadow puppet called Rewang (also called Bala-Bala) carrying bow, made of hide with one bamboo handle. Painted brown, yellow, red, black, green, pink. Carved.
- Production date
- 19thC(late)-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Length: 56 centimetres (top of puppet to end of body support)
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Weight: 69 grammes
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Width: 23.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Register says: Male firugre with bow and arrow. One wooden handle.
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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
- As1969,07.44