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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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Cataloguing data

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

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Mid 20th century
    where
    India
    Tamil Nadu
    Tanjore (Thanjavur)
  • Collecting
    who
    Stolper Galleries (Robert L. Stolper) - Collectors
  • 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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