WAYANG KULIT
SHADOW PUPPET 3
Leather skin, paint, wood or horn
26" high
Indonesia
$100

This puppet can take many positions so the height is from the top of the puppet to the bottom of the central handle. The arms with rods attached to them all move at the shoulders and elbows. There is some paint loss, mostly on the face. The leather has some wrinkling mostly at the stomach. One photo has a shadow of the hair on the forehead.