Cut Leather Antelope Puppet, Shadow Theater Bali Indonesia

Balinese antelope, Traditional shadow theater puppet from Bali, Wayang kulit, late 19th century, early 20th century.
Buffalo leather cut and painted on both sides mounted on a wooden rod, original color. length 30 cm height 30 cm.
good general condition The leather puppets, made by hand, tell epic stories of the gods and speak of the eternal struggle between Good and Evil.
The puppets are said to have magical powers and the "Dalang" (the puppeteer and narrator) is a mythical character. In a shadow theatre, the puppets are manipulated by the "Dalang" behind a cotton sheet screen.
The Dalang narrates the story, performs the characters and voices for each character, producing all the sound effects