Shadow Puppet

17830A

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 17830A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan
Section Asian
Materials Paper | Wood
Iconography Ghost
Description

A piece of black paper cut to look like a ghost with a long neck attached to a small piece of wood. Broken into six pieces. Culin calls them "suki ye" (透繪) or "light passing through pictures."

Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Smith Lyman, 1894
Other Number CG2015-10-111 - Found in Collection Number

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