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<em>Shadow Play Figure (Wayang kulit)</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, metal, 22 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (56.5 × 24.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.70_overall.jpg)
Shadow Play Figure (Wayang kulit). Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, metal, 22 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (56.5 × 24.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.70_overall.jpg)
<em>Shadow Play Figure (Wayang kulit)</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, metal, 22 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (56.5 × 24.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.70_overall.jpg)

Shadow Play Figure (Wayang kulit). Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, metal, 22 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (56.5 × 24.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.70_overall.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figure (Wayang kulit)</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, metal, 22 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (56.5 × 24.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.70_inscription.jpg)

Shadow Play Figure (Wayang kulit). Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, metal, 22 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (56.5 × 24.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.70_inscription.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figure (Wayang kulit)</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, metal, 22 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (56.5 × 24.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.70_detail1.jpg)

Shadow Play Figure (Wayang kulit). Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, metal, 22 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (56.5 × 24.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.70_detail1.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figure (Wayang kulit)</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, metal, 22 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (56.5 × 24.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.70_detail2.jpg)

Shadow Play Figure (Wayang kulit). Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, metal, 22 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (56.5 × 24.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.70_detail2.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figure (Wayang kulit)</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, metal, 22 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (56.5 × 24.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.70_labels.jpg)

Shadow Play Figure (Wayang kulit). Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, metal, 22 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (56.5 × 24.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.70_labels.jpg)

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Shadow Play Figure (Wayang kulit)

Arts of the Pacific Islands

MEDIUM Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, metal
  • Place Made: Java, Indonesia
    • DIMENSIONS 22 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (56.5 × 24.5 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS "34.70" written in ink, labels read "2062" and "young Jrimi___?"
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
    ACCESSION NUMBER 34.70
    CREDIT LINE Brooklyn Museum Collection
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Shadow Play Figure (Wayang kulit). Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, metal, 22 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (56.5 × 24.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.70_overall.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.34.70_overall.jpg., 2018
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    <em>Shadow Play Figure (Wayang kulit)</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, metal, 22 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (56.5 × 24.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.70_overall.jpg)

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