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<em>Shadow Play Figures</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.68_acetate_bw.jpg)
Shadow Play Figures. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.68_acetate_bw.jpg)
<em>Shadow Play Figures</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.68_acetate_bw.jpg)

Shadow Play Figures. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.68_acetate_bw.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figures</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.2_overall.jpg)

Shadow Play Figures. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.2_overall.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figures</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.2_overall2.jpg)

Shadow Play Figures. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.2_overall2.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figures</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.3_overall.jpg)

Shadow Play Figures. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.3_overall.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figures</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.2_detail1.jpg)

Shadow Play Figures. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.2_detail1.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figures</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.2_detail2.jpg)

Shadow Play Figures. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.2_detail2.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figures</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.2_detail3.jpg)

Shadow Play Figures. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.2_detail3.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figures</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.3_detail1.jpg)

Shadow Play Figures. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.3_detail1.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figures</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.3_detail2.jpg)

Shadow Play Figures. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.3_detail2.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figures</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.3_inscriptions.jpg)

Shadow Play Figures. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.3_inscriptions.jpg)

<em>Shadow Play Figures</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.2_label.jpg)

Shadow Play Figures. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.68_L5269.2_label.jpg)

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Shadow Play Figures

Arts of the Pacific Islands

MEDIUM Leather, pigment, wood, fiber
  • Place Made: Java, Indonesia
    • DIMENSIONS 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm) 16 15/16 × 13 3/8 in. (43 × 34 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS Object 1: "34.68" written in pen, "L5269.2" written in pencil, "Saroet__ro?" and "40" written on paper label in pen and pencil Object 2: "34.68" written in pen, "L5269.3" written in pencil
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
    ACCESSION NUMBER 34.68
    CREDIT LINE Brooklyn Museum Collection
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Shadow Play Figures. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.68_acetate_bw.jpg)
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    <em>Shadow Play Figures</em>. Leather, pigment, wood, fiber, 14 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (37 × 40 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 34.68. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.68_acetate_bw.jpg)

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