Shadow puppet
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
c. 1914
Materials
Parchment, paint, wood
Measurements
610 x 240 mm
Place of origin
Java
Order this imageCollection
Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1119101
Summary
A Javanese wayang (shadow) puppet, cut out of a sheet of parchment with horn and wood supports and decorative paintwork, the limbs articulated and connected to wooded sticks for movement.
Provenance
Given to Ellen Terry when in New Zealand in 1914.