Pocong Shadow Puppet

by Wayang Kulit: Indonesian Shadow Puppets

A$325 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Indonesia. Before 1970s . Stock ID #216170 Water buffalo hide and pigment 42 x 16 cm, painted both sides, affixed to a spliced horn baton, some surface wear and loss of pigment, overall in good condition. Figure of a Pocong, used in the Javanese and Balinese 'wayang kulit' or leather shadow puppet theatre tradition. A pocong is a ghost in the form of a corpse wrapped in its burial shroud. The deceased are typically wrapped in a white cloth

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