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Tuzsuz Deli Bekir

Shadow Puppet
mid 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Shadow puppet, 1 of a group of 10.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Tuzsuz Deli Bekir (assigned by artist)
  • Karagöz-Hacivat (generic title)
Materials and techniques
camel hide, cut and coloured by hand
Brief description
Unknown. ' Tuzsuz Deli Bekir'. Shadow-puppet from a Karagöz-Hacivat play. Turkish, mid-19th century.
Physical description
Shadow puppet, 1 of a group of 10.
Dimensions
  • Average size height: 30.5cm
  • Average size width: 12.7cm
Credit line
Given by the Marchesa Louise Ordoño de Rosales
Object history
One of ten marionettes representing Oriental and European characters (E.1281 to 1290-1936).
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1936, London: Board of Education, 1937.
Collection
Accession number
E.1281-1936

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Record createdJuly 11, 2008
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