Shadow puppet
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Description:
Shadow puppet made of incised and coloured camel leather depicting a group of musicians on a stand playing a variety of instruments.
Object type: | shadow puppet |
Museum number: | As1980,09.19 |
Date: | 1970s |
Production place: | Made in: Istanbul |
Findspot: | Found/Acquired: Istanbul |
Materials: | camel leather |
Technique: | incised, painted |
Dimensions: | Length: 39.60 cm Height: 22.50 cm Weight: 107.00 g |
Location: | 60 |
Exhibition history: | 2014 23 May-28 Sep, BM, Gallery 34, 'Between light and screen: the magical world of Turkish shadow theatre'. |
Subjects: | musician, puppeteer |
Acquisition names: | Purchased from: Metin Ozlen |
Acquisition date: | 1980 |
Curator's comments:
Some shadow puppets were stage props that acted like curtains in a theatre, providing a separation between various scenes in a performance. The musicians depicted here are playing a variety of musical instruments, such as tambourines (tef), drums (davul), and Turkish oboes (zurna). This prop was used to mark festivities such as weddings and circumcisions in shadow theatre performances.
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