Browsing 621 items in the Wayang Kulit Collection of Shadow Puppets
Item 1
Collection: Wayang Kulit Collection of Shadow Puppets
Title: Wayang Kulit Shadow Puppet
Date: 1870-1920
Subject: Anthropomorphic Monkey
Description: Grey face with red round eyes, red mouth and gold teeth. White turban with bird motif. Long sarong.
Item 2
Collection: Wayang Kulit Collection of Shadow Puppets
Title: Wayang Kulit Shadow Puppet
Date: 1870-1920
Subject: Sang Culika
Description: Woman with brown face and body. Long black hair down to feet. Leaves behind ear. Large red eyes. Black and red eyebrows, red mouth and gold teeth with two fangs. White claws on hands and feet.
Item 3
Collection: Wayang Kulit Collection of Shadow Puppets
Title: Wayang Kulit Shadow Puppet
Date: 1870-1920
Subject: Palace Gate with Guards
Description: White and green tiered building with gold and red details. Brown base with two orange men carrying swords.
Item 4
Collection: Wayang Kulit Collection of Shadow Puppets
Title: Wayang Kulit Shadow Puppet
Date: 1870-1920
Subject: Durga
Description: Goddess. Pink face with red eyes and lips. Pink body with claws. Black hair with half crown. Sarong with covered legs.
Item 5
Collection: Wayang Kulit Collection of Shadow Puppets
Title: Wayang Kulit Shadow Puppet
Date: 1870-1920
Subject: Female Princess
Description: Black face with red lips and gold teeth. Black hair in half bun. Gold half crown with hair clips and jewels. Gold body with green bodice. Tiered dress with purple, blue and orange patterns.
Item 6
Collection: Wayang Kulit Collection of Shadow Puppets
Title: Wayang Kulit Shadow Puppet
Date: 1870-1920
Subject: Rakshasa Elephant
Description: Red face with round red eyes, red ears, two gold tusks, gold sharp teeth, black facial hair. Grey body with dark grey finger and toe nails. Tail with gold detail. Grey and white rocks on base.
Item 7
Collection: Wayang Kulit Collection of Shadow Puppets
Title: Wayang Kulit Shadow Puppet
Date: 1870-1920
Subject: Male Prince
Description: Red face with round red eyes, mustache, black hair with full crown and bird motif ornaments. Gold body with wings, snake motif sash across chest, arm, ankle bands.
Item 8
Collection: Wayang Kulit Collection of Shadow Puppets
Title: Drama of the Shadow World
Creator: Simon Fraser University Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Date: 2009
Description: The Drama of the Shadow World interviews Dr. Richard Toews, an anthropologist, Sharad Chandra, a Hindu pandit or priest and Sutrisno Hartana, an Indonesian dalang puppet master to explore the meanings of myth, dramatic retelling of well known stories, and the meaning of good and evil.
Item 9
Collection: Wayang Kulit Collection of Shadow Puppets
Title: Oral Tradition into Written Tradition
Creator: Simon Fraser University Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Date: 2009
Description: This video is a retelling of creation of the Ramayana through Valmiki’s vision of Brahma. The traditional epic is brought into modern Canada through a discussion of re-mixes, mash-ups, copyright and intellectual property rights
Item 10
Collection: Wayang Kulit Collection of Shadow Puppets
Title: Ramayana – The Kidnapping of Sita
Creator: Simon Fraser University Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Date: 2009
Description: The kidnapping of Sita portion of the Ramayana is reported in a Hitchcock-style docu-news format. The reporter asks us how we would act when faced with a moral dilemma, 'Was Sita right in trying to help who she thought was just a poor man in need of assistance. She only wanted to give him a bowl of food. I am sure without knowing the outcome like we do now, we’d never be able to decide if it was the right decision. It happens to the best of us, an impossible situation, where no matter what you choose, a right and a wrong is being done. Maybe you can think of a time when this happened to you. What was the consequence of your choice?'
