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just a bit of loss of gold on her fan and a few other minor scrapes here and there
The piece is by Vassilios Giavis (b
as pictured in detail photo
" Note: the height of the box is 2 inches due to the rise in the center
Indonesian Antique Wayang Kulit Shadow Puppet with Snake and Pitchfork black and white dog just a bit of lossThe snake! That pitchfork! And then those teeth, and phallus peeking out below that terrifically patterned green cloth. There are lots of wonderful old Javanese Wayang Kulit shadow puppets out there, but this is quite an unusual one and one of my very favorites. The puppet is made of water buffalo hide, cut and punctured by hand, then colored with water based paints made of natural pigments on both sides. At one time there would have been carved horn
