"Bali Shadow Theater, Cut Leather Puppet And Buffalo Horn, Bali Indonesia, "
Bali Shadow theater puppet, Wayang kulit.Cut and painted buffalo leather mounted on a Buffalo horn rod, original color, some lack of color on the face.
very good general condition
The handcrafted leather puppets tell epic tales 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 theater, the puppets are manipulated by the "Dalang" behind a cotton sheet screen.
The Dalang tells the story, performs the characters and voices for each character, producing all the sound effects
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