Accession No

Z 33693.2


Description

Wayang kulit. Shadow Puppet. Four figures of animal heads


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia


Period


Source

Skeat, Walter William [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 33693.2; MAA: AR 1899.683 (a); Z 33693; 9 EY (Skeat)


Cultural Affliation


Material

Hide (untanned)


Local Term

Wayang kulit


Measurements

160mm x 8mm x 147mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Walter William Skeat.
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


Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads 'animal head'.
Event Date 5/1/1987
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


FM:327445

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