35mm slide (photographic)(colour)
- Museum number
- Eu,F.T.6343
- Description
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Slide (colour); a scene from the heroic Greek shadow puppet play 'Alexander the Great and the Cursed Snake (or Dragon)'; the character Alexander the Great is killing the cursed snake using a spear; Alexander the Great is designed with long hair, wearing a metal helmet with feather crest, metal breast plate, a skirt, pair of socks and sandals, and holding a circular shield; the cursed snake is made from cardbaord with seven joints incorporated along its body to aid motion; Athens, Greece.
35mm slide, polyester
- Production date
- July 1969
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.50 centimetres (image)
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Height: 5 centimetres (mount)
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Width: 3.40 centimetres (image)
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Width: 5 centimetres (mount)
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- Curator's comments
- Part of a collection of 60 slides taken for Rinvolucri and given together with full explanation, and a list of the slides. Each slide bears a number relating to this list, which includes 204 slides and identifies the character or subject (see inscription). Rinvolucri also supplied a full explanation (see Eu-F.T.-6305).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1970
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Eu,F.T.6343
