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Ravana

Shadow puppet disc: Male figure with 10 heads (crown added), faces frontal, dressed in jacket, trousers, shoes and scarf, rich jewellery, stockings (?) One hand holds an unidentifiable object in its fingers (betel bites?), one of the additional hands has a knife. The figure certainly represents Ravana, who can be recognised by the 10 heads.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Shadow play disc
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite: 147 x 70 cm
Material/Technique
Parchment, mounted
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 44076

Provenance and sources

when
Mid 20th century
where
India [Land]
Tamil Nadu [Bundesstaat]
Tanjore (Thanjavur) [Stadt]

who
Stolper Galleries (Robert L. Stolper) - Collectors

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