35mm slide (photographic)(colour)
- Museum number
- Eu,F.T.6351
- Description
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Slide (colour); a scene from the heroic Greek shadow puppet play; the Greek shadow puppet, Antonis Katsantonis is wearing ball and chain arm shackles because he has been captured by the Turks; Katsantonis has his right leg on an anvil, whilst a gypsy hangman is about to break Katsantonis' leg bones using a hammer; the Pasha stands on the far left, overseeing the torture; Katsantonis is depicted with a moustache, a waistcoat, shirt, a fustanella (skirt), socks, and tsarouhi (red leather clogs with black tassels); the Pasha is depicted wearing a long jacket, a pair of trousers, and carrying a sword around his waist; 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
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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).
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The shadow puppet in this scene is used to depict a hangman and or gypsy, see Eu-F.T.-6350. The design of the shadow puppet, seems to have been designed to originally depict an African man, possibly a slave, wearing a large earring or ear plug, however there is no documentation to support this theory.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1970
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Eu,F.T.6351
