Thursday 29 March 2012

Wayang Kulit

Wayang kulitshadow puppets prevalent in Java and Bali in Indonesia, are without a doubt the best known of the Indonesian wayang. Kulit means skin, and refers to the leather construction of the puppets that are carefully chiselled with very fine tools and supported with carefully shaped buffalo horn handles and control rods. [Definition taken from Wikipedia.com]

Here are some examples









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