Context (Related Documents)
Red round sticker on upper right corner. Date and purpose unknown.
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Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
Handwritten catalogue card (re-transcribed later) reads, 'Candlestick shade (candlestick missing) to cast the shadow of the puppets on the screen for the [Wajang] shadow play.'
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Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
The 14th Annual Report (1899) notes that 'this collection was formed by the donor, Mr Walter W. Skeat, M.A., District Magistrate of Larut, Perak, in the Kuala Langat District of Selangor in the years 1896 and 1897.'
Event Date 6/6/1899
Author: Rachel Hand

Context (References)
Fourteenth Annual Report Of The Antiquarian Committee (1899), Appendix II, SKeat Collection 12: The Theatre, No. 683. The shadow-play, Wajang, comprising one hundred and fifty-five specimens, viz.: (a) 1—149. A complete set of figures, numbering one hundred and forty-nine, cut out of hide. (b) 150—153. Four musical instruments of the orchestra attached to the performance, (c) 154. A candlestick with shade, to cast the shadow of the puppets on the screen. To cast shadow of puppets on screen for the (' Wajang') shadow play.
The above objects formed the entire outfit of 'Che Abas', a Kelantan [sic] Malay, who for many years was an exhibitor of the Wayang [sic], in which the above set of figures was used for a period of twelve years.
Event Date 6/6/1899
Author: maa