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Tandak dance scene

2 people act out a theatre dance scene in the photo studio. The person on the left is wearing a headpiece, jewellery and a kris is pinned into her clothing at the back. Her right arm is outstretched and her fingers form a mudra. She is looking at the little boy sitting cross-legged on the floor opposite her. He is wearing a cap, a shirt with a waistcoat and trousers and is looking at the floor. A table leg and a piece of the table top can be seen on the left edge of the picture, as well as the end of a curtain. This is presumably a production of Wayang Wong, in which the actors no longer wear masks and speak their roles themselves.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
positives (photographs)
Dimensions
Bildformat (Foto): 14,6 x 9,8 cm
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VIII C 1191

Provenance and sources

when
1888
where
Indonesia [Land/Region]
Java [Insel]

who
Riebeck, Emil - Collectors
Königliches Kunstgewerbe-Museum Berlin - Former Possessors

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