Accession No

E 1909.45.6-11


Description

Six shadow puppets of elaborate design and delicate workmanship. Cut in leather. Illuminated in gold and various colours, and showing fine lace-work patterns. The handles and strengthening rods of horn or wood.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Indonesia; Java


Period


Source

Tregaskis, James [vendor]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Professor) [monetary donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

E 1909.45.6-11; MAA: AR 1910.258


Cultural Affliation


Material

Leather; Horn; Wood


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Other owners)
Collected by: ?Bevan.Professor
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Acquisition Details)
Accession Register 8, p. 88: 'B. Tregaskis. ※Professor Bevan.'
Event Date 1909
Author: Mark Elliott


Description (Physical description)
Eleven shadow puppets of elaborate design and delicate workmanship. Cut in leather. Illuminated in gold and various colours, and showing fine lace-work patterns. The handles and strengthening rods of six are of moulded horn and those of the remaining five are of wood
Event Date 1909
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Six shadow puppets of elaborate design and delicate workmanship. Cut in leather. Illuminated in gold and various colours, and showing fine lace-work patterns. The handles and strengthening rods of horn or wood.
Event Date 7/9/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card states Professor Bevan to have been the donor, while the Annual Report states him to have been John Venn.
Event Date 7/9/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Acquisition Details)
The source field previously recorded both John Venn and A.A. Bevan as possible collectors and donors. The Accession Register records that these items were purchased from Tregaskis and Bevan as the monetary donor. The source field has been updated accordingly.

Event Date 10/6/2023
Author: Mark Elliott


FM:281379

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