Naga Ular Serpent Shadow Puppet

by Wayang Kulit: Indonesian Shadow Puppets

A$175 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Indonesia. Before 1970s . Stock ID #216676 Water buffalo hide and pigment 37 x 76 cm, painted both sides, some surface wear and loss of pigment, mounted on the original spliced bamboo baton, in very good condition. Figure of a Naga or sea serpent, used in the Javanese and Balinese 'wayang kulit' or leather shadow puppet theatre tradition. This puppet appears in many different stories in the Mahabharata epic and in the Javanese tradition can also

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