Shadow Puppet

33-54-9

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 33-54-9
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Date Made 19th Century - 1933
Section Asian
Materials Hide
Iconography Man
Description

Shadow puppet of a maid who Zhu Wuneng tranforms into as part of a deception. This puppet is used in the play "The Leopard" (金钱豹, Jin Qian Bao). Black/yellow/red hair. Green clothes with red floral pattern.

Credit Line Purchased from John C. Ferguson, 1933

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