Accession No
TEMP.00090
Description
Ink drawing - 1 unaccessioned ink drawing of a figure holding a sword in pink, yellow and black. Text on the from reads 'Ina Kerta Pati'. Possibly based on myth cycles from which Wayang Golek and Kulit puppets are based, or the image is of the puppet itself.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Peninsular Malaysia; Selangor; Kuala Langat District
Period
19th century
Source
'Abas ('Che) [artist]; Skeat, Walter William [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00090; 683(d)155 [Skeat I]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Paper; Pigment
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Entry in Skeat Catalogue (1899): '683.(d) 155. A set of designs for shadow-puppets drawn by the native owner of the show. (The above objects formed the entire outfit of Che Abas, a Kelantan Malay, who for many years was an exhibitor of the Wajang, in which the above set of gfigures was used for a period of twelve years.)'
Event Date 1899
Author: Mark Elliott
Description (CMS Description)
1 unaccessioned ink drawing of a figure holding a sword in pink, yelow and black. Text on the from reads 'Ina Kerta Pati'. Possibly based on myth cycles from which Wayang Golek and Kulit puppets are based, or the image is of the puppet itself.
Event Date 17/4/2015
Author: maa
FM:268103
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