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Leather, wood, horn, with paint. Java, 19th – 1st half 20th cent.
Figurines minutely cut out of buffalo skin, richly painted, with playing-batons from wood and horn. Excellent quality of painting, very good condition.
Height approx. 60 – 79 cm (two smaller puppets approx. 25 cm)
From a German private collection
Being of magical and religious character the puppet theatre (Wayang) occupies a fixed place in Javanese people’s life and is extremely popular until today. The Wayang-Kulit figurines have existed since about 1000 A.D. The Wayang-Klitik type puppets exist since the 15th/16th century and resemble the Wayang-Kulit figurines, but are much more rarely represented. Their heads and bodies are made from wood.
The Wayang-Golek type is popularly seen in Western Java; there, presenting wooden heads and torsos and batik robes down from the waist.
In the Western art trade sometimes there are offered Javanese Wayang-puppets, which however, rarely show good condition and antique age as the examples here presented, that come from a collection acquired about 60/70 years ago.