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Wayang dance scene

The person in the centre, a girl, stands upright between the two other people sitting on the floor. She is wearing a headpiece, various jewellery and is spreading out a scarf that is pinned in front of her stomach. The boy on the left also wears a lot of jewellery, sits cross-legged and looks straight into the camera. A kris can be seen behind his right shoulder. The girl on the right is shown in profile, wearing similar clothes and jewellery to the other two. A flower stand can be seen on the right edge of the picture, a column and a curtain on the left. This is presumably a production of Wayang Wong, in which the actors no longer wear masks and speak their roles themselves. 3 young actors act out a theatre scene in the photo studio. They are the same people as in VIII 1213.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
positives (photographs)
Dimensions
Height: 14,7 cm
Width: 9,8 cm
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VIII C 1214

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1888
    where
    Indonesia
    Java
  • Collecting
    who
    Riebeck, Emil - Collectors
    Königliches Kunstgewerbe-Museum Berlin - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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