Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed number '9AD' pasted to object. These were the numbers supplied to Skeat by von Hügel as noted in the Skeat correspondence.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Labels & Markings)
Old paper label reads 'Serawi anak Sri Rama'. Date unknown.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Related Documents)
Card reads, 'h. 13" / AR. 1899. 683 (a). / Skeat Collection.'
Annotated in pencil, 'Serawi, son of Sri Rama.'
A small black and white photo attached on the card, showing two shadow puppets: Left is marked '9Z' and right '9AD'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
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. [...]
(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: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
Handwritten catalogue card reads, 'Shadow puppet / [...] Serawi Anak Sri Rama'.
Event Date 19/12/1986
Author: maa

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