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<em>Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek)</em>. Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber, 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 23.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 23.251_acetate_bw.jpg)
Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek). Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber, 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 23.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 23.251_acetate_bw.jpg)
<em>Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek)</em>. Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber, 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 23.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 23.251_acetate_bw.jpg)

Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek). Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber, 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 23.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 23.251_acetate_bw.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek)</em>. Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber, 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 23.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.23.251_overall.jpg)

Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek). Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber, 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 23.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.23.251_overall.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek)</em>. Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber, 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 23.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 23.251_glass_bw.jpg)

Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek). Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber, 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 23.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 23.251_glass_bw.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek)</em>. Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber, 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 23.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.23.251_detail1.jpg)

Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek). Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber, 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 23.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.23.251_detail1.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek)</em>. Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber, 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 23.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.23.251_detail2.jpg)

Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek). Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber, 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 23.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.23.251_detail2.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek)</em>. Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber, 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 23.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.23.251_detail3.jpg)

Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek). Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber, 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 23.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.23.251_detail3.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek)</em>. Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber, 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 23.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.23.251_label.jpg)

Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek). Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber, 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 23.251. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.23.251_label.jpg)

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Shadow Play Figure (Wayang golek)

Arts of the Pacific Islands

MEDIUM Wood, pigment, cloth, fiber
  • Reportedly From: Java, Indonesia
    • DIMENSIONS 9 7/16 × 25 9/16 in. (24 × 65 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
    ACCESSION NUMBER 23.251
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Frederic B. Pratt
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1923, provenance not yet documented; by 1923, acquired by Frederic B. Pratt of Brooklyn, NY; 1923, gift of Frederic B. Pratt to the Brooklyn Museum.
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