Nyi Brayut and Ki Brayut

by Wayang Kulit: Indonesian Shadow Puppets

A$400 · Offered by Asia Bookroom · No longer available

Indonesia. Before 1970s . Stock ID #216154 Water buffalo hide and pigment 29 x 44.5 cms affixed with cotton to a baton 41 cms . A folk puppet depicting Nyi Brayut and her husband Ki Brayut the small lead figure in red jacket and pants , who have a great many children. Kyi Brayut is carrying on his shoulder a support which connnects the children to the basket like base on which the children are being carried. The term brayut comes from the word

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