Eleven Java shadow puppet props Indonesia polychromed leather with bamboo handles

Eleven Java shadow puppet props

Indonesia

polychromed leather with bamboo handles, including two kris blades, an axe, two knife blades, two birds, a tablet with a pierced inscription and three pierced fans,

the highest 49cm. (11)

These props are used in the Indonesian Wayang kulit shadow puppet play, offering the viewers a combination of ritual, lesson and entertainment.