"Cut Leather Pig Puppet, Shadow Theater Bali Indonesia"
Balinese pig, 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 buffalo horn rod, original color. length 53 cm height 35 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
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