Context (Field collection)
Collected by Walter William Skeat.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads, 'Used in conjunction with a fiddle (native name: 'rebab' , here called 'geba') and Semar, by the Malay Medicine Man. Semar is used to drive the evil spirit out of Turah, or sick person'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Z number given 2 December 1986 (noted on catalogue card).
Event Date 2/12/1986
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
Turah, a deer skin shadow player.
Event Date 12/1/1987
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Wayang kulit. Shadow puppet of Turas (or Turah), one of the sons of Sěmar. Used with the puppet of Sěmar to drive sprits out of the sick.
Event Date 23/9/2025
Author: Mark Elliott

Research Visit (Anthropology)
RES.2025.3221 | Visit by Dr Patricia Hardwick and Jocelyn Ng. Access and photography of historic collection of shadow puppets to support and inform exhibition in Malaysia.
Event Date 26/9/2025
Author: Anne Doering