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Create a Thai Style Shadow Puppet. Hanuman (Hanoman), monkey hero of the Ramayana, approx. 1950. Indonesia; Bandung, West Java. Wood, cloth, and mixed media. From the Mimi and John Herbert Collection , F2000.86.85.
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Hanuman (Hanoman), monkey hero of the Ramayana, approx. 1950. Indonesia; Bandung, West Java. Wood, cloth, and mixed media. From the Mimi and John Herbert Collection, F2000.86.85.
Rama, hero of the Ramayana, approx. 1930, by Abah Wikarta. Indonesia; Kuningan or Tegal, Central Java. Wood, cloth, and mixed media. From the Mimi and John Herbert Collection, F2000.86.89.
Shadow puppet of Rama, from the Thai version of the Ramayana, 1900-1950. Thailand. Painted perforated leather with wooden handle. Gift of the Randall Museum Friends, 2010.534.
Shadow puppet of a monkey warrior, perhaps Hanuman, in an attentive pose, from the Thai version of the Ramayana, 1900-1950. Thailand. Painted perforated leather with wooden handle and bamboo support. Gift of the Randall Museum Friends, 2010.538.