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Shadow puppet of a man dressed in a long full sleeved top and long full pants. The costume is mostly black with some yellow and green. There is little carving on the costume. The puppet is made of leather. The face is shown in profile with the…

Colorful 2D shadow puppet cut to the shape of a dragon head (?) probably a fragment. Colors are green red and black applied to thick oblique animal hide. The dragon has two horns on top of head and wide open mouth teeth and tongue protruding.

18" Chinese puppet male figure. Cloth stuffed body. Wooden head heads and feet. Face painted pink features outlined in black red lips. Thick grey fiber attached as hair beard moustache. Hands painted purple. Feet painted brown. Figure is dressed in…

Female Chinese Cantonese wire rod puppet. Head is molded clay solid torso of wood cloth upper arms and legs and carved wooden forearms hands lower legs and feet. Cloth covered shoes. Operated from behind with rods extending horizontally from the…

Male Chinese Cantonese wire rod puppet. Head is molded clay solid torso of wood cloth upper arms and legs and carved wooden forearms hands lower legs and feet. Cloth covered shoes. Operated from behind with rods extending horizontally from the…

A marionette puppet in the character of Hanuman the monkey king from the Ramayana in the HIndu tradition. Carved wood jointed body and head. Gold painted headdress face painted red green yellow with pointed gold ears; painted green and gold fists…

Burmese Puppet with Strings and Wooden Holder Puppet has a wooden body carved wooden arms and legs which are highlighted with red and gold paint a carved wooden head with features painted in black and red a high crowned hat painted red with yellow…

A and B. Chinese hand puppet probably from Taiwan. A: Painted carved wooden head face painted bright yellow green eyes red mouth white teeth two vertical red stripes between the eyes up the center of the forehead. Black coarse hair falling below the…