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Gergasi (Monster) King holding a club
Description: Depicted in profile in a fighting posture this strong unrefined male warrior figure holds a club. His head is held high and he is depicted with the face of a demon with a large bulbous nose, fangs, and a clamped mouth. This puppet may be a portrayal of the character Satthasun, friend of Thosakan, slain by Hanuman in the Ramakien as one of Satthasun’s attributes is a club. The puppet is portrayed wearing a Mongkut yot chip headdress. One arm is articulated at the shoulder, elbow and wrist. The articulated arm is manipulated by a puppeteer via a bamboo rod attached by a knotted cord to the hand. The leather puppet is supported by a central bamboo rod that is tied to the leather figure via cording. Dimensions: Height: 49cm Width: 12cm Width including extended articulated arm: 46cm
Naughty Woman Dressed in Black and Gold
The puppet depicted in profile is a naughty woman. The puppet is made of goatskin and its paint colors are black and gold with curved patterns. The puppet features include a moveable left arm and moveable left arm ligaments. Height: 40.4 cm, Width: 11.9 cm, Width including left arm: 33 cm
Female Skeleton Hantu (Evil Spirit)
The puppet depicted in profile is a female skeleton hantu. The puppet is made of goatskin and its paint colors are black and red with curved patterns. The puppet features include a moveable left and right arm and moveable left and right leg. Height: 31 cm, Width: 11.3 cm, Width including left and right arm: 42.9 cm, Width including left and right leg: 42.1 cm
Tasi, Woman with a Tiny Head
The puppet depicted is a Tasi. The puppet is made of goatskin and its paint colors are black, green, purple, red, and tan with curved patterns. The puppet features include a moveable left arm and moveable left arm ligaments. Height: 33 cm, Width: 19.1 cm, Width including left arm: 34.5 cm
Naughty Woman Wearing a Mini Skirt
The puppet depicted in profile is of a naughty woman wearing a mini skirt. The puppet is made of goatskin and its paint colors are black, red, and yellow with curved patterns. The puppet features include a moveable left arm, moveable left arm ligaments, and moveable jaw. Height: 40 cm, Width: 12.4 cm, Width including left arm: 34.2 cm
Hantu (Evil Spirit) with Knife
The puppet depicted in profile is a Hantu holding a Knife. The puppet is made of goatskin and its paint colors are brown and red with curved patterns. The puppet feature is a moveable left arm. Height: 55.2 cm, Width: 10 cm, Width including right arm extended: 31.5 cm
Queen Wearing Purple and Yellow Sarong
The puppet depicted in profile is of a queen. The puppet is made of goatskin and its paint colors are black, green, red, and yellow with curved patterns. The puppet features include a moveable right arm and moveable right arm ligaments. Height: 52 cm, Width: 16.1 cm, Width including right arm extended: 33 cm
King in Black and Red with Spear
The puppet depicted in profile is of a king. The puppet is made of goatskin and its paint colors are black and red with curved patterns. The puppet features include a moveable right arm and moveable right arm ligaments. Height: 61.2 cm, Width: 15.6 cm, Width including right arm extended: 39 cm
Prince in Pants and Jacket
The puppet depicted in profile is of a prince. The puppet is made of goatskin and its paint color are black, green, red, and yellow with curved patterns. The puppet features include a moveable right arm and moveable right arm ligaments. Height: 42 cm, Width: 11.5 cm, width including moveable right arm extended: 34 cm
Forest Gergasi (Beast) with Sword
The puppet depicted is of a Forest Gergasi holding a Sword. The puppet is made of goatskin and its paint color are black, brown, and red with curved patterns. The puppet features include a moveable right arm and moveable right arm ligaments. Height: 54.5 cm, Width: 24.3 cm, width including moveable right arm extended: 44.5 cm
King with Bow and Arrow
The puppet depicted in profile is a king holding a bow and arrow. The puppet is made of goatskin and its paint colors are black, brown, gold, green, and red with curved patterns. The puppet features include a moveable right arm and moveable right arm ligaments. Height: 61 cm, Width: 18.4 cm, Width including right arm extended: 43.2 cm
Queen Wearing a Selendang (Shawl)
The puppet depicted in profile is known as a Queen Wearing a Selendang. The puppet is made of goatskin while paint colors include black, green, red, and yellow with curved patterns. The puppet features are a moveable right arm and moveable right arm ligaments. Height: 52.8 cm, Width: 14.2 cm, Width including right arm extended: 36.5 cm
Ai Ting Holding Phallus with Dangling Phallus Between Legs
The puppet depicts a character holding a phallus with a dangling phallus between his legs. The puppet is made of goatskin while paint colors include black, green, and red with curved patterns. The puppet features include moveable left and right arm and moveable left and right arm ligaments. Height: 45.1 cm, Width: 8.3 cm, Width including left and right arm extended: 54 cm
Arjuna, Central Javanese Puppet
Shadow Puppet (Arjuna, Central Javanese puppet from the Hindu epic, Mahabharata), Banks collected this and other Indonesian puppets separately; these puppets were not used in wayang kulit performances in Kedah, made of cowhide, paint color (black, blue, gold, brown, green, pink, purple, and red), string (bamboo), curved patterns, features (moveable right and left arm and moveable right and left arm ligaments), Height: 40.9 cm, Width:14.9 cm, width including moveable right and left arm extended: 67.5 cm
Naughty Woman in Miniskirt
The puppet depicts a female character with exaggerated buttocks wearing a miniskirt, necklace, bangles, prominent rings, earrings and high heeled shoes. The face of the puppet is portrayed en face with while the body of the puppet is depicted in profile. The puppet is also portrayed with a bouffant hairstyle popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Note the curved long fingers and elongated fingernails. The hands of the puppet are positioned in such a way to suggest that she could be dancing and may have been used to portray a dancer. Both arms of the puppet are articulated at the shoulder, elbow, and wrist. The articulated arms are manipulated by a puppeteer via a bamboo rod attached by a knotted cord to the hand. The leather puppet is supported by a central bamboo rod that is tied to the leather figure via cording. The leather is thin and translucent goatskin. The puppet has been dyed with vivid colors of pigment that permeate the leather and allow the bright colors of the clothing of the puppet to project through the shadow screen and provide a colorized shadow. Dimensions: Height: 40 cm Width: 8.8 cm Width including extended articulated arms: 44 cm
Princess in Baju Kurung Kedah and Hijab
The puppet depicts the character of a female refined character. The face of the puppet is portrayed while the body of the puppet is depicted in profile. The puppet wears the traditional Malay costume of a baju kurung Kedah with a headscarf, Her clothing is accessorized with earrings, two bangles and high heeled slippers. Note the long fingers and elongated fingernails symbols of both male and female refined characters. One arm of the puppet is articulated at the shoulder, elbow and wrist. The articulated arm is manipulated by a puppeteer via a bamboo rod attached by a knotted cord to the hand. The leather puppet is supported by a central bamboo rod that is tied to the leather figure via cording. The leather is thin and translucent goatskin. The puppet has been dyed with vivid colors of pigment that permeate the leather and allow the bright colors of the clothing of the puppet to project through the shadow screen and provide a colorized shadow. Height: 41 cm, Width: 13.2 cm, Width including left arm extended: 30 cm
Cakil, Central Javanese Shadow Puppet
Cakil is portrayed with a red face, large lower jaw, and slanted closed eyes which mark his blindness. His face and body are presented in profile, but his shoulders are positioned to allow unrestrained movement of both arms. His large face and prominent teeth mark him as an unrefined giant character despite his slim body. The cowhide puppet of Cakil is supported by a central rod of carved and heat shaped buffalo horn. This central buffalo horn rod is broken in the mid-torso area. Both of Cakil’s arms are articulated with joints at the shoulder, elbow and wrist, and controlled by rods made of carved and polished buffalo horn. There is significant use wear on this puppet and signs that it has been performed with and repaired several times. In Javanese shadow theater, the character of Cakil is understood to be a blind giant whose lower jaw juts out more prominently than his upper jaw. Although Cakil often is portrayed in conflict with the hero Arjuna, he is understood to be a comic figure rather than a serious enemy. Cakil is known for never giving up, fighting to the death, and being killed by his own dagger. Cakil is one of three central Javanese shadow puppet figures that appear in the Banks collection. These puppets were not used in performances in Kedah. Banks acquired them from a Malaysian government shop in Kuala Lumpur. Pigment on all the Javanese shadow puppets has been applied in the form of paint and does not permeate the leather. All of the shadows cast by these puppets are opaque and black in contrast to the translucent colorized shadows of the Nang Talung-Wayang Gedek puppets in the Banks collection. Dimensions: Height: 55 cm Width: 22 cm Width including left and right arm extended: 84.5cm
Wayang Gedek Scene 17
Reusi, The Sage, providing some final advice for the heroes
Wayang Gedek Scene 16
Ai Ting with Phallus Finger and dangling Phallus (Behind the Screen)
Wayang Gedek Scene 15
Three Malay princesses with a naughty woman (Behind the Screen)
Wayang Gedek Scene 14
King coming to battle Gergasi (Monsters) men and women (Behind the Screen)
Wayang Gedek Scene 12
Nu and Lion-Man in battle (Behind the Screen)
Wayang Gedek Scene 13
Refined officer in between Nunai and Nunui, two comical characters (Behind the Screen)
Wayang Gedek Scene 10
Refined officer facing three naughty cowboys (Behind the Screen)
Wayang Gedek Scene 11
Bird and Munkon (Naughty Tiger) on top of the Dragon (Behind the Screen)